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Editorial

  1. Science and Technology and the Purpose of Art
  2. Yusuf A. Grillo
  3. pp. 503-504
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  1. Gateway
  2. William C. Castell, Roger F. Malina, Bulat M. Galeyev, Christian Schiess
  3. pp. 505-510
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Artists' Articles

  1. Symmetry: A Social Symbol and Two Monuments
  2. Emanuel Dion, Timo Kahlen
  3. pp. 511-517
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  1. Has My Practice of Science Influenced My Art?
  2. Jacques Mandelbrojt
  3. pp. 519-524
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  1. The Rise of the Polypol Sculpture
  2. Eugene L. Wachspress
  3. pp. 525-530
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  1. Image Plate
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Artist's Note

  1. Reviving a Forgotten Pyrotechnical Art Form: Pyrotechnics and Twentieth-Century Performance Art
  2. David Hall
  3. pp. 531-534
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Sound, Music, Science and Technology

  1. Some Notes about Soviet Computer Music
  2. Mark Rais
  3. pp. 535-539
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General Article

  1. Computer Graphics in Art-and-Design Education: The Problem of Planning for Change
  2. Michael Kitson
  3. pp. 541-547
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General Notes

  1. Robot Choreography: The Paradox of Robot Motion
  2. Margo K. Apostolos
  3. pp. 549-552
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  1. Art in Outerspace: Gauging Public Response to High-Technology Art
  2. KT Boyce
  3. pp. 553-556
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Technical Article

  1. Animate Tokens: Their Design and Application to Dance
  2. James H. Bradford, Paillette Côté-Laurence
  3. pp. 557-562
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  1. Computer Graphics for the Analysis of Perspective in Visual Art: Las Meninas, by Velázquez
  2. Frederic Chordá, Ruth Gore
  3. pp. 563-567
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  1. Health Hazards in the Arts and Crafts
  2. Shalini Gupta, Michael McCann, John Harrison
  3. pp. 569-572
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Historical Perspectives on the Arts, Sciences, and Technology

  1. L. S. Termen: Faustus of the Twentieth Century
  2. Bulat M. Galeyeu
  3. pp. 573-579
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Theoretical Perspectives on the Arts, Sciences, and Technology

  1. A Quantum Mechanical Interpretation of Observation
  2. Leo Narodny
  3. pp. 581-582
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Second International Symposium on Electronic Art (SISEA): Selected Papers

  1. Second International Symposium on Electronic Art (SISEA): Report and Introduction
  2. Wim van der Plas
  3. pp. 583-584
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  1. Thinking of Oneself as a Computer
  2. Sally Pryor
  3. pp. 585-590
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  1. Prosthetics, Robotics and Remote Existence: Postevolutionary Strategies
  2. Stelarc
  3. pp. 591-595
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  1. Fifty Years of Composing Computer Music and Graphics: How Time’s New Solid-State Tractability Has Changed Audio-Visual Perspectives
  2. John Whitney Sr.
  3. pp. 597-599
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Space Art

  1. The Orbiting Unification Ring-Space Peace Sculptures: Progress Report on Global Art in Space
  2. Arthur R. Woods, Marco C. Bernasconi
  3. pp. 601-606
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Document

  1. Reanimating Nature: The Integration of Science with Human Experience
  2. Mae-Wan Ho
  3. pp. 607-615
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Art/Science Forum

  1. WRO: Festival Wizualnych Realizacji Okolomuzycznych (Sound Basis Visual Art Festival)
  2. Richard Kolodziejski
  3. pp. 617-618
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  1. Decision at Prix Ars Electronica ’90
  2. Christine Schöpf
  3. p. 619
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  1. CETECH: Centre Europeen de Technoculture
  2. Elie Theafilakis
  3. p. 620
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Abstracts

  1. Laughter in the Ruins: The Kaleidoscope as a Problematic—Theoretical and Visual Excess in Cultural Theory, Science and Language Theory
  2. Gray Noel
  3. p. 621
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  1. Clocker: For Amplified Clock, Performer with Galvanic Skin Response Sensor and Digital Delay System
  2. Alvin Lucier
  3. pp. 621-622
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  1. Virtual Voltage Sculptures
  2. Clifford A. Pickover
  3. pp. 622-624
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Book Reviews

  1. The End of Modernity: Nihilism and Hermeneutics in Postmodern Culture by Gianni Vattimo (review)
  2. David Pariser
  3. pp. 625-627
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  1. James Turrell: The Art of Light and Space by Craig Adcock (review)
  2. Roger F. Malina
  3. p. 627
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  1. A Delicate Balance: Technics, Culture and Consequence by the IEEE Society for the Social Implications of Technology (review)
  2. Roger F. Molina
  3. pp. 627-628
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  1. Modernism in Design ed. by Paul Greenhalgh (review)
  2. John Cooper
  3. p. 628
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  1. NASA Visions of Space: Capturing the History of NASA by Robin Kerron (review)
  2. Roger F. Malina
  3. p. 628
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  1. Aaron’s Code: Meta-Art, Artificial Intelligence and the Work of Harold Cohen by Pamela McCorduck (review)
  2. Roger F. Malina
  3. pp. 628-629
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  1. The Desert is No Lady: Southwestern Landscapes in Women’s Writing and Art ed. by Vera Norwood, Janice Monk (review)
  2. Elizabeth Crumley
  3. p. 629
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  1. The New Concept of Art and Popular Culture in Nicaragua Since the Revolution in 1979 by David Craven (review)
  2. Robert C. Morgan
  3. pp. 629-631
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  1. Three Hundred Years of Irish Watercolours and Drawings by Patricia Butler (review)
  2. Sean O’Driscoll
  3. p. 631
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  1. Visual Perception by Nicholas J. Wade, Michael Swanston (review)
  2. John Cooper
  3. p. 631
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  1. Interpreting Contemporary Art ed. by Stephen Bann, Willian Allen (review)
  2. John Cooper
  3. pp. 631-632
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  1. Trackings: Composers Speak With Richard Dufallo by Richard Dufallo (review)
  2. John Cooper
  3. p. 632
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  1. Twentieth-Century Music by Robert P. Morgan (review)
  2. John Cooper
  3. p. 632
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  1. Music with Words: A Composer’s View by Virgil Thomson (review)
  2. John Cooper
  3. p. 632
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  1. Music Animation Machine Demonstration Reel by Stephen Malinowski (review)
  2. Roger F. Mulina
  3. p. 632
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  1. Books Received
  3. p. 633
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Commentaries

  1. Response to David R. Topper
  2. Arthur L. Loeb
  3. p. 635
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