[ISEA2023] Paper: Camille Frémontier-Murphy — At the Sources of an Artistic Mutation towards Science: the First Years of the Journal Leonardo (1968-1981) as a Forum for the Pioneers of Digital Art

Abstract

Short Paper, Theme: (Re)invented Alliances  Sub theme: Symbiotic Organizations

The Journal Leonardo was founded in 1968 by artist-engineer Frank Malina. Many pioneers of digital art joined the adventure. The growing group advocated a more conceptual approach to art, closer to the spectator, a new form of art rooted in Constructivism and in symbiosis with society’s mutation towards technology.

  • Camille Frémontier-Murphy is a historian of art and science. She holds a Master of Science, University of Oxford, UK, and a PhD in History and Civilizations, E.H.E.S.S., Paris, France. She runs, with Robert Murphy, RCM Galerie in Paris, whose exhibition program explores the relationship between art and science in the second half of the 20th century.