ABSTRACT
The Fugue experience shed light on some of the problems of any artistic practice that falls within the intersection of art, science and technology. The production and exhibition phases have still not been recognized as an integral part of research in the arts. Current curatorial practice and exhibition policies still present problems for work in this area, even at international level. Fugue had been selected for exhibition in the gallery through a standard annual competition, and as part of the award received some modest funding for the production costs. Between 1961 and 1973 the Contemporary Art Gallery hosted five international exhibitions and symposia entitled New Tendencies, dedicated to visual research, with over 300 participants from the fields of computer art, cybernetics and art and science. The computer animation The Shirt of a Happy Man was a contribution to the quest for the Holy Grail of computer art: generating sound from image and vice versa.
