Dataisnature. Transphormetic: Selected works of Paul Prudence. Mark Stock. Mark J. Stock (markjstock) sur Twitter. John Whitney (animator) John Whitney, Sr. (April 8, 1917 – September 22, 1995) was an American animator, composer and inventor, widely considered to be one of the fathers of computer animation. In 1960, he founded Motion Graphics Incorporated, which used a mechanical analogue computer of his own invention to create motion picture and television title sequences and commercials. The following year, he assembled a record of the visual effects he had perfected using his device, titled simply Catalog. In 1966, IBM awarded John Whitney, Sr. its first artist-in-residence position. By the 1970s, Whitney had abandoned his analogue computer in favour of faster, digital processes. He taught the first computer graphics class at UCLA in 1972. The pinnacle of his digital films is his 1975 work Arabesque, characterized by psychedelic, blooming colour-forms.
All of John Whitney's sons (Michael, Mark and John Jr.) are also film-makers. Spirograph – A drawing toy with a resemblance to some of Whitney's art. Manovich, Lev (2001). John Whitney "Catalog" 1961. John Whitney - Arabesque (1975) early computer graphics. Demo. Iannis Xenakis. Iannis Xenakis in his studio in Paris, c. 1970 (photograph by Michèle Daniel) Iannis Xenakis (Greek: Γιάννης (Ιάννης) Ξενάκης [ˈʝanis kseˈnakis]; 29 May 1922 – 4 February 2001) was a Greek-French composer, music theorist, and architect-engineer. After 1947, he fled Greece, becoming a naturalized citizen of France. He is commonly recognized as one of the most important post-war avant-garde composers.[1][2] Xenakis pioneered the use of mathematical models in music such as applications of set theory, stochastic processes and game theory and was also an important influence on the development of electronic and computer music.
He integrated music with architecture, designing music for pre-existing spaces, and designing spaces to be integrated with specific music compositions and performances. Life[edit] 1922–47: Early years in Romania (1922–32) and Greece[edit] The Technical University operated intermittently during these years. 1947–59: Architecture and music[edit] Later life[edit] Works[edit] Mycenae Alpha. György Ligeti. György Ligeti (1984) György Sándor Ligeti (Hungarian: Ligeti György Sándor [ˈliɡɛti ˈɟørɟ ˈʃaːndor]; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important and innovative composers of the second half of the 20th century".[1] Born in Transylvania, Romania, he lived in Hungary before emigrating and becoming an Austrian citizen. Biography[edit] Early life[edit] Ligeti was born in Dicsőszentmárton, which was renamed Târnăveni in 1945, in Transylvania to a Hungarian Jewish family. Ligeti recalls that his first exposure to languages other than Hungarian came one day while listening to a conversation among the Romanian-speaking town police.
Ligeti received his initial musical training at the conservatory in Cluj, and during the summers privately with Pál Kadosa in Budapest. In 1940, Northern Transylvania was occupied by Hungary following the Second Vienna Award. After leaving Hungary[edit] Music[edit] Years in Hungary[edit] Ligeti - Artikulation.