[spectre] [CAS] AGM and Opening - Exhibitions by Sue Gollifer & Jack Tait - 10 December 2024

[Paul Brown]

The Computer Arts Society’s 2024 series of events continues

AGM and Reception for Sue Gollifer & Jack Tait Exhibitions

16:00 - 17:30 GMT Tuesday, 10 December 2024
CAS Annual General Meeting 2024:  Chair Sean Clark
Other time zones here:  https://www.timeanddate.com <https://www.timeanddate.com/> 

Followed by
18:00 GMT, Exhibition Reception and Opening
Talks by Sue Gollifer and Jack Tait:  Moderator Anna Dumitriu
Please note you must book separately for the AGM and the Reception – booking links below

This event will be held In Person at the BCS London HQ and via Zoom.
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, 25 Copthall Avenue, London, EC2R 7BP, UK
Directions here: https://www.bcs.org/about-us/our-london-office-and-event-venue/

Sue Gollifer – I Turned Myself Into A Machine
“I was fascinated by computers and technology, but in the sixties and seventies the field was almost entirely the preserve of men, and for an artist it was it even harder. It was difficult for male artists to get access to computers, but it was nigh on impossible for a woman in those days – so – I turned myself into a machine.”

These telling words describe the struggle of female artists interested in technology and working with computer art in those early days. As a pioneer of systems art, master printmaker, and later as a digital printmaker Sue Gollifer’s journey is an important story to tell. From artist and researcher, through to curator and facilitator for many other artists, she is the epitome of the ongoing struggle for women in the field of digital art and this urgent exhibition tells her story.

Sue Gollifer (b. 1944) is a pioneer of early computer art and a printmaker who has explored the relationship between technology and the arts throughout her extensive artistic career. Her work has featured in numerous major exhibitions, including a one-person show at the Serpentine Gallery in London in 1972, and is held in both national and international public and private collections such as the Victoria & Albert Museum (UK), the Towner Art Gallery (UK), the Museum of Kharkov (Ukraine), and the British Council Collection (UK).  As a curator, organiser, writer, and board member she has had a huge impact in driving the field forward and creating opportunities for other artists around the world such as working with organisations such as SIGGRAPH, ISEA International, and the Computer Arts Society. 

Jack Tait
“It is a privilege to have 20 images shown by the CAS at De Montford University and now at the BCS, thanks to the curation of Dr Sean Clark. Exhibited work covers the range of graphic and light drawings over many years. Some images address the current preoccupation with randomness, chaos and persistence of coherence in graphic drawings. Most machines depend on three actions; X and Y axes with Pen rotation. Simple inputs lead to complex drawings, programmed by a Randomiser which mimics the throw of a dice. Recent work explores line characteristics using flow pens which extend the randomness.”

Curiosity driven research culminated in 2011 with a Ph.D Programmable Analogue Drawing Machines at Manchester Metropolitan University. The Ph.D machines are in the Science Museum; others are in the CAS archive at Leicester. Three remain in use. Influences are RAF, Guildford School of Art and having started Schools of Photography at Derby and Manchester. Early machines were deterministic; later randomness was introduced using D.C. motor characteristics, linkages, asymmetric X and Y ratios and broken lines. 

The event will be recorded and uploaded to the CAS YouTube Channel.

This event is In Person and Zoom and open to the public and is free but you must book your place here.  In person places are limited and early booking is advised.  Please note you must book separately for the AGM and the Reception:

AGM booking:  https://computerartssocietyagm101224.eventbrite.co.uk/
Reception booking:  https://computerartssociety101224.eventbrite.co.uk/
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Our next meeting will be our Annual Jasia Reichardt Lecture when Francesca Franco will speak about Vera Molnar.  In January 2025 In Person and Zoom.

You can see our future programme here: 
https://computer-arts-society.com/events/index.html

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