Date of Award
Spring 5-19-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art
First Advisor
Prof. Howard Singerman
Second Advisor
Prof. Harper Montgomery
Academic Program Adviser
Prof. Nebahat Avcioglu
Abstract
This thesis explores the dialectical relationship between conceptualism and design in the year 1970, by focusing on Kynaston McShine’s landmark exhibition Information, held at the Museum of Modern Art. Specifically, it centers on the understudied “information machine,” a film apparatus designed by Ettore Sottsass, Jr., for use within the exhibition.
Recommended Citation
McCarthy, Jeremiah William, "The Artist and the "Information" Machine: Conceptualism, Technology, and Design in 1970" (2016). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/67
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