Charles A. Csuri: Computer Films
Artist(s):
Title:
- Computer Films
Exhibition:
- SIGGRAPH 2006: Charles A. Csuri: Beyond Boundaries (1963-present)
- More artworks from SIGGRAPH 2006:
Creation Year:
- 1970
Category:
Artist Statement:
The question of artistic control emerged once again, when Csuri examined interactive systems within the research for real-time film animation beginning in 1969. Different objects, such as origami swallows, goldfish, butterflies, turtles, violins, and helicopters could be generated, turned and moved via a three-dimensional data table, a light pen, dials, a joystick, function switches, and the alphanumeric display terminal. In a major exhibition project, Csuri again transcended different media in order to promote an idea.
In cooperation with fourteen departments he organized the show Interactive Systems: Computer Animated Film. Electronic Sound. Video. Light. Electromyogram. Environmental Collage at OSU. The exhibition opened April 1, 1970, the same year that Jack Burnham curated the now famous Software. Information Technology: Its New Meaning for Art at the Jewish Museum in New York, pleading for “responsive systems” in art. In the introduction to the catalogue of Interactive Systems, Csuri wrote:
The spectator will be permitted to participate
in esthetic decision making. An effort has been
made to create esthetic situations or environments
in which the spectator can become involved.
This is expected to be accomplished through
a controlled electronic environment, in
which a user can make decisions by electronic
means to invent or modify images or sound
systems.
The catalogue bears witness to an impressive exhibition showing not only a selection of the films produced by Csuri and his students, but also, several interactive installations realized in the diverse media indicated in the exhibition’s subtitle. Csuri even managed to install a complete computer graphics system, a PDP 11/45 computer line drawing display, to demonstrate the interactive process for animated film. Art students were scheduled to demonstrate to the public techniques for art graphics and film animation. There is no documentation of the exhibition besides the catalogue, because after only five days, the entire campus was shut down when serious conflicts emerged in connection with
the civil rights movement.
All Works by the Artist(s) in This Archive:
- Charles A. Csuri
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Sine Curve Man
[SIGGRAPH 1986] -
Leonardo Man
[SIGGRAPH 1986] -
Hummingbirds
[SIGGRAPH 1986] -
Ritual Dance
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Ritual Dance
[SIGGRAPH 1996] -
Goldenmask
[SIGGRAPH 1996] -
Sinescape
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
After Paul Cézanne
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
After Paul Klee
[SIGGRAPH 1998] -
The Past Casts Shadows
[SIGGRAPH 1998] -
Hummingbird
[SIGGRAPH 1986] -
Grass
[SIGGRAPH 1986] -
Anima 2
[SIGGRAPH 1986] -
Real-time Art System
[SIGGRAPH 1986] -
Hand
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Aging Process
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Origami Swallows
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Computer Films
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
She's Watching Superman
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Contemplation
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
After Albrecht Dürer
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
After André Derain
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
After Jean-Auguste Ingres
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
After Pablo Picasso
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
After Francisco Goya
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
After Albrecht Dürer’s Study of Genti...
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
After Paul Klee
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
After Piet Mondrian
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Dignified Lady
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Five Faces
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Bearded Man in a Circle
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Leonardo da Vinci Series
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
3D Path and Transformations
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Sketch Flying Around the Drawing
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Stereo Pairs
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Man Moving Through N-Space
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Sine Waves Scramble
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Sine Curve Man
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Sine Curve Man
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Hummingbird II
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Aging Process
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Birds in a Hat
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Numeric Milling
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Plotter Drawing of Numeric Milling
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Random War
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Feeding Time
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Silent Statues
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
A Child's Face
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Caroline
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
The Hungarians
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Death of My Father
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Faces
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Mask of Fear
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Brick Landscape
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Cosmic Matter
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Gossip
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Wondrous Spring
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Dance of the Sorcerers
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Surrealist Dream
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Golden Mask
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
A Happy Time
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Garden Lovers
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Horse Play
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Political Agenda
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
ribbonVASES
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Horse and Rider
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
A Frozen Moment
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Balancing Act
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Clearly Impressive
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Aurora
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Dream Gazing
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Raphael Voglass
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
doodleFourteen
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
19th Century Space Station Frame 0321, s...
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Coral Frames 0001–0050, afish series
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
texturePERHAPS
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Strawscape
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Entanglement
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Brick Figures
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Coral Frames 0501, 1050, 1401, 1601, afi...
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Venus in the Garden Frame 73, venus seri...
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Venus in the Garden Frame 127, venus ser...
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Venus in the Garden Frame 64, venus seri...
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Origami Flowers Frame 89, simpleFLRS ser...
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Emily’s Scribbles Frame 300, fishscrib...
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Festive Frame 47, leo series
[SIGGRAPH 2006] -
Glorious Grass Frame 28, bush series
[SIGGRAPH 2006]