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Lansdown Lecture: John Lansdown and the Genesis of Computer Art
+ Date: Tuesday 12 December 2006
+ Time: 4:45pm for one hour
+ Location: Middlesex University, Cat Hill Campus: Room 137.
+ The campus is a simple Tube ride from central London, and within easy reach of the M25.
+ Location in Google Maps:
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Admission is free. For this last Lansdown Lecture before Christmas there will be a free glass
of wine.
If you would like to attend this lecture, please email [log in to unmask]
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John Lansdown and the Genesis of Computer Art
Dr. Nicholas Lambert, Birkbeck College
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The Lansdown Centre, in association with the Computer Arts Society, presents a lecture
celebrating John Lansdown's contribution to the field.
John Lansdown (1929-1999) was the pioneer after whom the Lansdown Lecture series is named.
To date, the history of computer graphics has tended to be dominated by the record of American
contributors, but in the CACHe project, Nick Lambert and his colleagues have revealed the history
of the UK contribution in which John Lansdown was a key figure. An active early member of the
Computer Arts Society, John pioneered the use of computing in architecture, dance, surface
design, animation and in digital art per se, not just as a tool but as a generative system. He also
led the group at Middlesex University to become the research centre it is today.
Nick will look at John Lansdown's thought in the 1960s-70s and reveal how clearly he foresaw the
potentials and development of modern computer art.
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If you would like to attend this lecture, please email [log in to unmask]
Any enquires to Stephen Boyd Davis: [log in to unmask]
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Stephen Boyd Davis
Head, Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts
Middlesex University, Cat Hill, Barnet, Herts EN4 8HT
United Kingdom
Tel 44 (0)20 8411 5072
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http://www.cea.mdx.ac.uk/
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