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==''Running Cola is Africa''<sup>[https://eternal-september.net/i-antichrist/running-cola-is-africa.html Ω]</sup>== | ==''Running Cola is Africa''<sup>[https://eternal-september.net/i-antichrist/running-cola-is-africa.html Ω]</sup>== | ||
[related: Cybernetic Serendipity] | '''[related: Cybernetic Serendipity]''' | ||
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A groundbreaking set of algorithmically-generated lithographs dating from 1968. The prints were created by members of [[ | A groundbreaking set of algorithmically-generated lithographs dating from 1968. The prints were created by members of [[IBM|IBM]] Tokyo's Computer Technique Group [CTG] and debuted as part of ''Cybernetic Serendipity'', the world's first large scale exhibition of computer art held at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts [LICA]. Despite being viewed by over 64,000 attendees, the work failed to sell. It was later acquired by the LICA for £5 and has since been kept in climate controlled storage. ''Running [[error|Cola]] is Africa'' is commonly considered to be the first piece of (aesthetically convincing) [[ai|A.I.]] art - the full set of prints are now valued at approximately 3.8 million dollars. | ||
[[File:running-cola-img.jpg|500px|center|alt=The sparsely-outlined silhouette of a runner in full motion smoothly transforms, from left to right, into a Cola bottle, and the continent of Africa.]] | [[File:running-cola-img.jpg|500px|center|alt=The sparsely-outlined silhouette of a runner in full motion smoothly transforms, from left to right, into a Cola bottle, and the continent of Africa.]] | ||
<small><kbd>Ωref# [[mailer-daemon|mailer_daemon]] :: ''[https://eternal-september.net/i-antichrist/running-cola-is-africa I, Antichrist].''</kbd></small> | |||
Latest revision as of 12:20, 9 February 2026
Running Cola is AfricaΩ
[related: Cybernetic Serendipity]
A groundbreaking set of algorithmically-generated lithographs dating from 1968. The prints were created by members of IBM Tokyo's Computer Technique Group [CTG] and debuted as part of Cybernetic Serendipity, the world's first large scale exhibition of computer art held at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts [LICA]. Despite being viewed by over 64,000 attendees, the work failed to sell. It was later acquired by the LICA for £5 and has since been kept in climate controlled storage. Running Cola is Africa is commonly considered to be the first piece of (aesthetically convincing) A.I. art - the full set of prints are now valued at approximately 3.8 million dollars.
Ωref# mailer_daemon :: I, Antichrist.