I always want to be careful about making overreaching claims of impact on the intersection of art and technology per se. But what Harold Cohen's contributions certainly do is highlight the complexities of that art-technology intersection.
Christiane Paul, Christiane Paul on Curating Cohen’s AARON
The way that the critics and public received technology-centered shows such as Software, 9 Evenings at the New York Armory in 1966 and Art and Technology at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in 1971 was a thread that was halted or killed for a while.
Casey Reas, Casey Reas on the History of Generative Art - Part 1