In "Making Art Work," @leapingrobot studies #artists including #Duchamp, and #Warhol who worked with #engineers since the ‘50s. Here are a few examples featured in his book:
Father of #cybernetic #art Nicolas Schöffer unveiled his Cybernetic Tower in 1961. Photo couresty of @wikimedia user PJDespa https://bit.ly/3trAsi6 
In 1966, a collaboration between #Warhol and Bell Labs #engineer Billy Klüver led to the piece “Silver Clouds.” Photo Courtesy of @wikimedia user Sskerchief https://bit.ly/3tvja3F 
American soft drink maker, PepsiCo. hired E.A.T to design its pavilion in Osaka, Japan for Expo ’70, the first world’s fair held in Asia. Pictured: John Forkner, Photo credit: Tami Komai, courtesy of @LACMA
“Creativeness in art does not appear . . . to differ in kind from creativeness in science or any other human activity” —Frank Malina, @leonardo founder. Photo courtesy of Malina Family Archives.
“Media art has always involved the strange bedfellows and mixed motives of #art #tech partnerships” @samanthaculp @artinamerica https://bit.ly/39OBe15 
Augmented Dreams

Acute Art and other AR platforms offer artists new art-making and art-marketing opportunities—but always within the parameters of big tech.

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