January 17, 2008 (vol. 118, iss. 78) • Page Image 11
…The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 3 Forget cynicism: How media can help art In the 1960s, artists such as Desmond Paul Henry start- ed manipulating existing computer technology for artis- tic purposes. He made drawing machines, and other artists tin- kered with randomly generated paintings and the like. The ques- tion then was how to incorpo- rate the burgeoning technology into contemporary art. Reac- tionar...…