Systems & Systems Pre-History

systems: a framework for understanding the world

• Peter Senge Introduction to Systems Thinking
• A Systems Story (Systems Thinking)

Brief list of relevant systems & artworks:

• ELIZA - Joseph Weizenbaum 1962
• SAGE system - USAF late 1950s
• Sketchpad - Ivan Sutherland 1962
• Mother of All Demos - Douglas Engelbart SRI 1968
• SEEK - Nicholas Negroponte 1970
• Senster - Edward Ihnatowicz 1970
• Videoplace, Responsive Environment - Myron Kruger 1970s-80s
• The Lightning Field - Walter De Maria 1977
• Aspen Interactive Movie Map - MIT Architecture Machine Group 1979
• The Telegarden Ken Goldberg 1995
• Text Rain - Romy Achituv & Camille Utterback 1999
• Pulse Room - Rafael Lozano-Hemmer 2006
• Blendie - Kelly Dobson 2004 (website)
• L.A.S.E.R. Tag - Grafitti Research Lab 2007
• Shoot an Iraqi - Wafaa Bilal 2008
• Hand from Above - Chris O'Shea 2009
• OpenFrameworks Showreel 2010s
• Roden Crater - James Turrell 1970s-present