One thing leads to another ...

which is exactly why I never finish reading a book on computer art. I have to go off on one tangent or another, and then I find another book or article or web page. If it's online it has links that I have to follow. If I have a paper copy, then there are references which I have to search online.

The following is a case in point. I found a thesis on the history of computer art at the University of Western Australia. In the first paragraph of the introduction the author, Grant Taylor, mentions the problems caused for artists and curators by their involvement with computer art. The endnote for this point refers to Jack Burnham and an article he wrote in a book by Kathleen Woodward, titled The Myths of Information: Technology and Postindustrial Culture. The book is available in many libraries and if you want to follow up, then enter the title in the WorldCat search box in the side column.

I searched Google for Jack Burnham and found many links. A very good site, with more links, is Robert Horvitz' Node for Jack Burnham. More next time on what I found there.