<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="margin: 0cm -2.6pt 0cm 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>R E M I N D E R</b></div><div style="margin: 0cm -2.6pt 0cm 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0cm -2.6pt 0cm 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The Computer Arts Society’s 2024 series of events continues<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm -2.6pt 0cm 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">A Quest for Creative Collaboration: <br>George Mallen and the early Computer Arts Society</span></b><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0cm -2.6pt 0cm 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Speaker: Catherine Mason; Moderator: Sean Clark<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm -2.6pt 0cm 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">19:00 BST, Wednesday, 18 September 2024<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm -2.6pt 0cm 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Other time zones here: <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">https://www.timeanddate.com</a> <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm -2.6pt 0cm 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">This event will be held via Zoom only - book using the link below<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm -2.6pt 0cm 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The ground-breaking CAS project<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Ecogame</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>of 1970, led by George Mallen (co-founder of the Society and pioneer of creative computer systems since 1962), was a simulation model of an economic system, dealt with opportune issues of ecology and environment, and was the first multi-player, digitally driven, interactive gaming system in the UK. It exemplified the CAS belief in a positive ‘human machine interrelationship’ made visible through art. An analysis of the early activity of CAS demonstrates that artists, by embracing computing, could have a greatly amplified role, one that was integrated with societal concerns. This talk will present new research about the history of early computer art in the UK, based on her recently published book.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Catherine Mason is an independent researcher and writer who has been focused on recovering the lost history of computer and digital art since 2002. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Creative Simulations: George Mallen and the early Computer Arts Society<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>is published by Springer. Her earlier book <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>A Computer in the Art Room: The Origins of British Computer Arts 1950-80</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is available as an eBook.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.catherinemason.co.uk/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">https://www.catherinemason.co.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Instagram: @CathComputerArtHistory<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm -2.6pt 0cm 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The event will be recorded and uploaded to the CAS YouTube Channel.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm -2.6pt 0cm 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm -2.6pt 0cm 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="background: yellow;">This event is Zoom only and is open to the public and is free but you must book your place here</span>: <a href="https://computerartssociety180924.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">https://ComputerArtsSociety180924.eventbrite.co.uk</a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm -2.6pt 0cm 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">___________________________________<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm -2.6pt 0cm 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0cm -2.6pt 0cm 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Our next meeting will be the Sue Gollifer Exhibition Opening and talk on 16 October 2024 In Person and Zoom.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm -2.6pt 0cm 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br>You can see our future programme here: <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm -2.6pt 0cm 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font color="#954f72"><a href="https://computer-arts-society.com/events/index.html">https://computer-arts-society.com/events/index.html</a></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm -2.6pt 0cm 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br></div></div>
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