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Abstract-
Computer Arts, Contexts, Histories, etc...
(CACHe), which began its work in 2002, is a major research project into
the origins and history of British computer arts. It is based at the School
of History of Art, Film and Visual Media at Birkbeck, University of London
and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Board through one of their
large research grants. The substantial funding for our project indicates
the level of interest in creating an historical framework for this period.
CACHe
is investigating the early days of the computer arts in the UK from their
origins in the 1960s to the 1980s, when the first personal computers began
to be used. The project intends to archive, document and contextualise
the computer arts. Its principal goals are to recover this history and
confirm its cultural and aesthetic legitimacy. CACHe has been undertaking
the following aims:
- Recovering
the work of leading pioneers in the field of digital-based art in Britain
- Identifying
artists, works, events and publications
- Documenting
the contributions of artists, researchers, authors, academics, institutions
and publications
- Collecting
material to create a permanent national collection based on a number
of archives
- Constructing
a critical and historical context for the computer arts
- Enabling
access to this research through an online database, books, videos/DVDs
and other materials
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