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Art for tomorrow

Episode of Series “21st Century”. In an exploration of the reactions to and applications of science and technology in the field of art, we are shown into the studios of various artists, such as Victor Vasarely and Yaacov Agam in Paris. The bizarre machines of Tinguely display a jaundiced attitude towards the values cherished by our technological era.

Credits

Directed by
Peter Poor
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In this film, from the Twentieth Century television program narrated by Walter Cronkite the art of the future is foreseen in new techniques demonstrated by artists and engineers using distinctive methods and new technology including computers, cybernetics, heart beat triggers, invisible art by magnetism, prisms, lights, moving objects, converging lines, and number patterns. This fascinating look at the “future past” features a kaleidoscopic portrait of avant-garde art works by Yaacov Agam (who uses strobe lights), Wen-Ying Tsai (vibrating steel rods), John Mott-Smith (computer-generated ideas), Jean Tinguely (machine-made sculpture), Victor Vasarely’s early experiments with IBM computers, Jean Dupuy and many more.

More in Twenty-First Century Series

  1. Cities of the Future
  2. A Trip From Chicago 1967
  3. Miracle of the Mind 1967
  4. Mystery of Life 1967
  5. Standing Room Only 1967
  6. The Deep Frontier 1967
  7. The Futurists 1967
  8. The Remarkable Schoolhouse 1967
  9. To The Moon 1967
  10. Fighting Fear With Fear 1968
  11. First Ten Months of Life, Part 1 1968
  12. First Ten Months of Life, Part 2 1968
  13. From Cradle To Classroom 1968
  14. Games Futurists Play 1968
  15. New Weapons Against Crime 1968
  16. Now You See It 1968
  17. Surviving In Space 1968
  18. The Food Revolution 1968
  19. The Four - Day Week 1968
  20. The Shape Of Films To Come 1968
  21. The Weird World Of Robots 1968
  22. The Wild Cell 1968
  23. Tomorrow - Today 1968
  24. Art for tomorrow 1969
  25. Eye In The Sky 1969

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description
  2. Wikidata · Q123307779 ↗ — country, credits
  3. 16mm Filmography editors — year, creator, length, format, color, catalog record

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