Cybernetic Serendipities

Please allow 7 working days to process before shipping Guest Boot #10: James Goggin / PractiseProfits donated to RAICES Cybernetic Serendipity Cybernetic Serendipity was the first large international exhibition of electronic, cybernetic, and computer art. It took place at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London, UK, from August 2nd to October 20th, 1968. There are reports saying that between 44,000 and 60,000 people visited the show during its more than two months duration. However, ICA did not take real counts. The idea for the show had emerged when Max Bense visited the 1965 exhibition of concrete poetry at the ICA and responded to a question posed by British art critic, editor, curator, and ICA assistant director Jasia Reichardt: “What should I do next?”. His suggestion: that she should look into computers. (It should be noted that only shortly before, on February 5th, 1965, Bense had opened the first ever show of computer generated art in his Studiengalerie at the Tech