"Computer Graphic" Curated by Jiří Valoch. Dum umění města (House of Arts), Brno; Jihlava; Gottwaldov. (feb 5, 1968 – feb 5, 1968)

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Curator: Jiri Valoch

Location: The show was started at Dum umění města (House of Arts) in Brno (from February 5, 1968, to March 3). It went on to Jihlava (March 10 to 31, 1968), and Gottwaldov (now called Zlín, from April 25 to June 2, 1968).

Description: In all likelihood, this exhibition was the first of computer art in the Eastern Block, at least insofar as it involved artists from West of the Iron Curtain. The exhibition was presented during the time of the short-lived Prague Spring, a half year of great hopes for a socialism with a human face, as it was called.

The writer of concrete poetry, Jiri Valoch (then at age of 22), brought together works by five artists from the West and one from the East. They were: Charles Csuri (USA, number of works in show unknown), Leslie Mezei (Canada, 6 works), Frieder Nake (West Germany, 36 works), Georg Nees (West Germany, 7 works), A. Michael Noll (USA, 3 works), Lubomir Sochor (CSSR, 27 works).

The works from the USA and Canada were reproduced photographically whereas the West German and Czechoslovakian works were original drawings. It is interesting that Zdenek Sykora was not invited to exhibit. This may, perhaps, be an indication that he was not yet using computers by that time.

Artists: Five artists from the West and one from the East. They were: Charles Csuri (USA, number of works in show unknown), Leslie Mezei (Canada, 6 works), Frieder Nake (West Germany, 36 works), Georg Nees (West Germany, 7 works), A. Michael Noll (USA, 3 works), Lubomir Sochor (CSSR, 27 works).

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