In 1969, Robert Smithson wrote to György Kepes, “Technology promises a new kind of art, yet its very program excludes the artist from his own art. The optimism of technical progress results in political despair…. If technology is to have any chance at all, it must become more self-critical.
Panel Discussion: “What’s Wrong with Technological Art?” :: New Museum
Kepes was at MIT and was responsible for creating an Art + Science + Design + Technology nexus.