The Manifesto of Computer Art was written in 1989 with a tone of resistance. Most of it’s fears, to fight against the customary modes of art production, have since been allayed. In fact, almost every form of resistance stated within it has, twenty years later, been absorbed and to some extent, even embraced. There is a saying, something like, that which makes you uncomfortable reveals most about you. THE MANIFESTO OF COMPUTER ART (1989) I. Computer Art has not come into existence yet. That’s exactly why we have to write, talk, and think about it, to call it into being. The computer was not invented for us, the artists. The computer was made for military purposes, it has served scientific purposes, and when a flicker of hope for artistic use appeared for the first time, it fell prey to propaganda and commercial film making straight away. In order to create art with the computer, we will have to cast off all clichès of present commercial forms. The computer is just a means. We are wrong if we want to use it to conceal a lack of vigour in our message under a more fascinating guise. If we just use it to make our work easier, we give in to our innate idleness….
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