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4 unusual facts about Cybernetic Serendipity


Cybernetic Serendipity

Bruce Lacey contributed his radio-controlled robots and a light-sensitive owl.

Peter Zinovieff lent part of his studio equipment - visitors could sing or whistle a tune into a microphone and his equipment would improvise a piece of music based on the tune.

Edward Ihnatowicz's biomorphic hydraulic ear turned toward sounds and John Billigsey's Albert 1967 turned to face light.

Other graphics showed a simulated Mondrian and the iconic decreasing squares spiral that appeared on the exhibition's poster and book.


Bruce Lacey

Lacey contributed to Jasia Reichardt's Cybernetic Serendipity exhibition in 1968 at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, exhibiting a robotic owl and actors: Rosa Bosom and Mate plus a sex-simulator.


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