Automation, Cybernation and the Art of New Tendencies (1961-1973)
Armin Medosch Automation, Cybernation and the Art of New Tendencies (1961-1973) This thesis is submitted to Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, as part of the requirements of the award of the PhD in Arts and Computational Technology 1 The work presented in this thesis is the candidate’s own. Armin Medosch 2 Acknowledgements I am grateful to my main supervisor Professor Janis Jefferies for her invaluable support throughout this undertaking. I would also like to thank my second supervisor, Professor Michael Keith. I am deeply indebted to Matko Meštrović for his continued and generous support; I am grateful for the continuing support of my friend and colleague Darko Fritz and the important supply of a Croatian perspective by Ljiljana Kolešnik. I would like to thank the people and institutions who supported my practice, Rasa Šmite, Raitis Šmits and the whole team of RIXC in Riga; and Inke Arns and Susanne Ackers and the team at HMKV Dortmund; the Austrian Cultural Forum London and Zagreb; the Austrian Embassy in Riga; Laboral, Centre for Art and Industrial Creation, Gijon, Asturias, Spain. I am grateful for the generous support of Museum of Contemporary Arts, Zagreb, its director, Snježana Pintarić, head of documentation, Jadranka Vinterhalter, and the late Marija Gattin, Ivna Jelčić, Jasna Jakšić, Lela Topić and Vesna Meštrić. I would like to thank the institutions that allowed me to access their archives and/or allowed me to use material in their possession, especially Branka Ćurčić, Zoran Pantelić of Kuda.org, and Kristian Lukić; Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; V&A Graphical Cabinet, London; Tate Gallery, London; Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana; Generali Foundation study room, Vienna; Collection Marinko Sudac, Avantgarde-Museum; and Neue Galerie, Graz.
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