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''Event One'' was an early
digital art Digital art refers to any artistic work or practice that uses digital technology as part of the creative or presentation process, or more specifically computational art that uses and engages with digital media. Since the 1960s, various names ...
exhibition held at the
Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It offe ...
(RCA),
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,
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, in 1969. ''Event One'' was organised over two days during 29–30 March 1969 in the Gulbenkian Hall at the RCA by the
Computer Arts Society The Computer Arts Society (CAS) was founded in 1968, in order to encourage the creative use of computers in the arts. Foundation The three founder members of the Society – Alan Sutcliffe, George Mallen, and John Lansdown – had been involved ...
(CAS), that had been established the year before in 1968. An associated catalogue was produced. The exhibition was reviewed in ''Page'', the Bulletin of the Computer Arts Society. Since ''Event One'', CAS has donated its collection to the
Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...
in London.


Event Two

''Event Two'' was organised at the RCA during 12–17 July 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ''Event One'', including some digitally-produced artworks by artists, who also exhibited at ''Event One''. ''Event Three'' is planned for 2069.


See also

* ''
Cybernetic Serendipity Cybernetic Serendipity was an exhibition of cybernetic art curated by Jasia Reichardt, shown at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England, from 2 August to 20 October 1968, and then toured across the United States. Two stops in the United ...
'' exhibition,
Institute of Contemporary Arts The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is an artistic and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. Located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch, the ICA c ...
, London, 1968


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