Inside the Machine: Art and Invention in the Electronic Age - Hardcover

Prelinger, Megan

 
9780393083590: Inside the Machine: Art and Invention in the Electronic Age

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A hidden history of the twentieth century’s brilliant innovations—as seen through art and images of electronics that fed the dreams of millions.Inside the MachineBut, as cultural historian Megan Prelinger explores here, the history of electronics in the twentieth century is not only a history of scientific discoveries carried out in laboratories across America. It is also a story shaped by a generation of artists, designers, and creative thinkers who gave imaginative form to the most elusive matter of all: electrons and their revolutionary powers.As inventors learned to channel the flow of electrons, starting revolutions in automation, bionics, and cybernetics, generations of commercial artists moved through the traditions of Futurism, Bauhaus, modernism, and conceptual art, finding ways to link art and technology as never before.Inside the MachineInside the Machine

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