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James Whitney

Mentioned in 4 editorials. Mentioned in 1 Timeline moment (1970). Appears alongside 88 other people.

James Whitney (1921–1982) was an American experimental filmmaker known for Lapis (1966), a film of abstract mandala patterns made with an analog computer.

James Whitney
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Some of the early plotter drawings were made with analog computers, like bomb site hardware and pendulum machines. John Whitney and his brother James Whitney were making a lot of films with similar machines.

Casey Reas, Casey Reas on the History of Generative Art - Part 1

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Memo Akten on Rituals as Algorithms
July 13, 2026
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Barbara London on New Territory
February 11, 2025
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Larry Cuba on Choreographing Form
July 1, 2024
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Casey Reas on the History of Generative Art - Part 1
June 22, 2023
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