Scope and Contents Amazon.com: This book documents a short but intense artistic experiment that took place in Yugoslavia fifty years ago but has been influential far beyond that time and place: the "little-known story" of the advent of computers in art. It was through the activities of the New Tendencies movement, begun in Zagreb in 1961, and its supporting institution the Galerija suvremene umjetnosti that the "thinking machine" was adopted as an artistic tool and medium. Pursuing the idea of "art as visual research," the New Tendencies movement proceeded along a path that led from Concrete and Constructivist art, Op art, and Kinetic art to computer-generated graphics, film, and sculpture. With their exhibitions and conferences and the 1968 launch of the multilingual, groundbreaking magazine Bit International, the New Tendencies transformed Zagreb"”already one of the most vibrant artistic centers in Yugoslavia"”into an international meeting place where artists, engineers, and scientists from both...

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This issue also served as an exhibition catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This issue focus upon the young generation of Hungarian writers, poets and artists. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This second volume of the catalogue mainly documents the Congress held in conjunction with the exhibition. It includes a congress summary by Kornelia Roder. There are also essays by Geza Perneczky, Karol Sauerland, Piotr Rypson, Guy Schraenen, Karla Sachse, Joachim Blank, and Balint Szombathy on the political-cultural-artistic implications of Mail Art. The catalogue contains a transcription of a panel discussion on Mail Art. The participants included Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt, Klaus Groh, Leonard Frank Duch, Joseph H. Huber, Thomas Schulz, Birger Jesch, Hans-Ruedi Fricker, and Uwe Warnke. The catalogue reprints reviews of the exhibition. Four pages of calligraphic concrete poetry, entitled "Mnemonic Scores" by Valeri Scherstjanoi begin this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Szombathy was born in Hungary but lives in Yugoslavia. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Exhibited in Visualog 2, San Luis Obispu, California. Exhibition was curated by Karl Kempton. The photographs document Szombathy's rubberstamping process on paper and skin. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Introductory essays for this outstanding Assembling periodical are provided by Denis Poniz and Franci Zagoricnik. The latter mentions that the first publication of Slovene Concrete Poetry appeared in 1966 and that international collaborations began in 1967. Further, Zagoricnik indicates that Westeast was highly influenced by Spatola's Anthology Geiger. The content is weighted toward concrete poetry and typewriter poetry although several other artistic and poetic genres are included. This issue has been poorly bound causing pages to become loosened from the binding. This issue was dedicated to Seiichi Niikuni (1925-1977) and includes several photographic reproductions by Japanese poets influenced by his work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.