John Lansdown and the Genesis of Computer Art

John Lansdown (1929-1999) UK pioneer of computer arts and architecture, dance, design, animation - uncovering the lost history.

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 LCEAinfo@mdx.ac.uk.

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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 LCEAinfo@mdx.ac.uk.

Any enquires to Stephen Boyd Davis: s.boyd-davis@mdx.ac.uk

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Speaker(s):	Dr Nick Lambert | talks
Date and Time:	12 December 2006 at 4:45 pm
Duration:	1 hour
Venue:	Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts Middlesex University Cat Hill Barnet EN4 8HT 020 8411 5072 http://www.cea.mdx.ac.uk More at Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts...
Tickets:	free
Available from:	If you would like to attend this lecture, please email LCEAinfo@mdx.ac.uk.

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