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The technologies that have been most important to artists in recent times have mostly been digital. Art using digital technology was first shown in exhibitions of computer art in 1965, both in Germany and in the USA. One of the artists who showed in that year was Frieder Nake. In 1966, Billy Kluver founded Experiments in Art and Technology, E.A.T., in New York. By 1968 a small number of artists were using computers, in various ways, to produce their work. One of those was Manfred Mohr. This chapter includes reflections by Nake and Mohr as well as an interview with Kluver. Together, these provide valuable insights into the early explorations of art and modern technology. The later developments are briefly reviewed and the history of interactive art described, illustrated by a range of example works. The core chapter is followed by eight contributions on art and technology exploration since the 1960s from artists and historians.

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  1. Creativity and Cognition Studios (CCS), University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Linda Candy

  2. Institute for Creative Technologies, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

    Ernest Edmonds

  3. Institute for Creative Technologies, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

    Fabrizio Poltronieri

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Poltronieri, F., Candy, L., Edmonds, E. (2018). Theme: History. In: Explorations in Art and Technology. Springer Series on Cultural Computing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7367-0_1

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