<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Dear all</div><div><br></div><div>My name is Darko Fritz, I am artist, independent researcher and curator, and I started a research on the beginning of computer-generated art in the Netherlands, with focus on visual arts and design. The Fonds BKVB awarded me a grant for the research on the subject.<br><br>My focus on visual arts buy I will include other fields of creative use of computers in short -- all prior to (t/m) 1980!</div><div><br></div><div>There is not a single article on the suvject available, and I'm doing bottom-up research. Therefore I'm looking for any information considering the subject and I'll appreciate your help.</div><div><br></div><div>My research focus on mapping of the field, and it will have form of text (and pictures) outputs: short essay, chronology, list of networks and institutions, bibliography.</div><div><br></div><div>First findings you can find here [2.9. Mb]:</div><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><a href="http://darkofritz.net/text/">http://darkofritz.net/text/</a></span>DARKO_FRITZ_NL_COMP_ART_n.pdf</div></div></div><div><br></div><div>I am interested in dates (or months, years) of conceptualization, production and public presentation of the works, as well place of production, types of hardware and software used and working process documents (sketches, programs), venues of presentations, institutions and people involved ...<br><br></div><div><br>Best regards<br><br><br>Darko Fritz<br><br><a href="http://darkofritz.net/">http://darkofritz.net</a> . e-m: <a href="mailto:darko@darkofritz.net">darko@darkofritz.net</a> . skype: darkofritz<br><br>Jacob van Lennepstraat 349 / 2 . 1053 JL Amsterdam . Netherlands . tel: +31 [0] 6 25103124<br>studio: 2e Jan van der Heydenstraat 27 . 1073 VG Amsterdam</div></body></html>