Introduction/Einführung
Book chapter
Cox, G. (2012). Introduction/Einführung. in: David Link Berlin Hatje Cantz.
Authors | Cox, G. |
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Abstract | In his work David Link generates (apparently) interactive projects, at the interface between art, science, and technology. For LoveLetters_1.0, Link reconstructed a functional replica of one of the earliest programmable computers, the Ferranti Mark I, and an equally early program, invented in 1952 by Christopher Strachey at the University of Manchester. To produce computer-generated love letters, written using a built-in random generator. Anonymously addressed to “Darling Love” or “Jewel Duck,” the letters talk to the reader in a surprisingly human and tender way. In his introduction, Geoff Cox highlights the question, already suggested by the apparently contradictory title of this notebook, Machine Heart, of whether the human capacity for thinking and feeling has been captured by machines. |
Year | 2012 |
Book title | David Link |
Publisher | Hatje Cantz |
Place of publication | Berlin |
ISBN | 978-3-7757-2886-7 |
Publication dates | |
01 Jul 2012 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 01 Jul 2012 |
Deposited | 19 Feb 2020 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.hatjecantz.de/david-link-2776-1.html |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/88xx6
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