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* Edward Ihnatowicz, "Towards a Thinking Machine", 1975 [http://www.atariarchives.org/artist/sec10.php]
 
* Edward Ihnatowicz, "Towards a Thinking Machine", 1975 [http://www.atariarchives.org/artist/sec10.php]
* more: [http://www.senster.com/ihnatowicz/articles/articlesabout.htm]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Ihnatowicz
 
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Cybernetic sculptor active in the UK the late 1960's and early 1970's. He was particularly interested in creating cybernetic sculptures which reacted to the people around them. His first work was SAM (Sound Activated Mobile), a hydraulically operated construction which turned to face the direction of sounds in its vicinity, under the control of an analogue circuit. It was in operation at the Cybernetic Serendipity exhibition in 1968. His major work was The Senster, developed for Philip’s technology showcase, the Evoluon, in Eindhoven, and unveiled in 1970. This was a much larger structure, and reacted to the sound and movement of the visitors around it. It was probably the first robotic sculpture in the world to be controlled by a computer.

1926 Born in Poland. 1939 to 1943 War refugee in Romania and Algiers. 1943 Arrived in Britain. 1945 to 1949 Attended the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford. Created bespoke furniture and interior decoration. 1962 Left home to try to find his artistic roots. Lived in an unconverted garage. Experimented with life sculpture and portraiture and sculpture made of scrap cars. 1968 Created SAM. 1969 - 1971 Created The Senster. 1971-1986 Worked as a Research Assistant in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University College, London. 1973 Created The Bandit. Oct 1988 Died of a myocardial infarction (heart attack).


Articles
  • Edward Ihnatowicz, "Towards a Thinking Machine", 1975 [1]
  • more: [2], [3]


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