Kickstarter Changing The Way Art Is Funded In Detroit

“The power of the Kickstarter platform was illustrated earlier this year with the success of the effort to construct a RoboCop statue in Detroit — a project that raised more than $67,000 from 2,700 backers. What started as a joke — fueled by a dismissive tweet from Detroit Mayor Dave Bing — quickly became a reality when the project gained traction on the social Web as people passed around the link, tongues planted firmly in cheek.”

A Seminal Time In Computer Art

“From 1961 to 1973, a loosely organized group of artists and scientists coalesced around the radical idea that the emerging technology of the computer could be used to make a different kind of art. Known simply as the New Tendencies, this heterogeneous movement included dozens of men and women from the far reaches of the industrialized world.”