Edward Ihnatowcz I saw his work on TV (probably Tommorrow's World on the BBC) as a teenager and it was this that led me to take it for granted that using electronic technology was a legitimate artistic activity. I still believe it to be some of the most overlooked art of the 20th Century.
Toshio Iwai has done some of the most effective work using computer technology that I have seen. Playful, moving, showing us something about how we perceive the visual environment. I really can't think of another artist of his generation who has used computer technology better.
http://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.11/3.11pages/morseiwai.php3
http://www.pixelsumo.com/post/toshio-iwai-futuresonic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28UDxIQiaIY&feature=related
http://www.nydigitalsalon.org/10/artwork.php?artwork=57
http://www.viswiki.com/en/Electroplankton
Yoichiro Kawaguchi has a unique style that early in his career showed that it is possible to use implicit surfaces to create successul animation. Ana rtist who has also worked and published with scientists, his work seems at time to border on the kitch and hints at the kawaii but more often is reminiscent of the weirdness of microscopic organisms and deep sea creatures. At times he has had access to computing pwoer that most of us could only dream of :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJH0fLTR7YU&feature=related
http://www.cs.otago.ac.nz/graphite/guests.html
http://www.iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~yoichiro/works/works1.htm#2007_bumpy
http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/02/photos-yoichiro-kawaguchis-robot-designs/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLUZHTOvSI8
Karl Sims The evolution continues. The animation of the evolved creatures continues to impress me with the sense of life - just goes to show how we can be duped by our senses.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=F0OHycypSG8
Survival Research Labs show how technology and spectacle can seduce.
Lev Manovich both an artist and articulate critical writer on new media.
http://www.manovich.net/
boredom research investigating the creative potential of computing and exploring ideas inspired by natural phenomena of growth and animal behaviour.Particularly interesting for how they have embodied some of their screen-based work in objects.
http://www.boredomresearch.net/
organisations, critics, centres, etc
Rhizome Started as a first stop online to check out what was happening in web-based art. Has since broadened its coverage.
Foundation for Art & Creative
Technology (FACT) Well established arts centre in Liverpool - always seem to have something interesting going on.
ISEA International Symposium on Electronic Art.
Ars Electronica Linz based festival and centre.
NYU Center for Advanced Technology Ran for ten years - did some really neat work. Follow link to Media Research Laboratory to find out what happened next.
LoveBytes Regularly organise festivals.
Art Tower Mito I was researching the city of Mito for a roleplay gaming scenario and came across this interesting location.
Digital Art Museum (DAM) Originally an archive project initiated in the UK, moved to Germany and now also includes a couple of actual galleries showing and selling contemorary digital art.
Leonardo Online Well-respected and long established art/science/technology journal's online presence.
Leonardo Electronic Almanac Started pre-www as an emailed journal went into temporary limbo for a while and then thankfully relaunched. A cornucopia of material.
MIT Aesthetics and Computation Group Centre for research into new ways of computing aesthetics.
Art Science Collaborations, Inc Organisation and online science-art journal.
PVA Media Lab Local (Dorset) new technology artists, activists and educators.
SCAN new media arts agency, currently based at Bournemouth University, supporting and initiating new collaborations and ideas.
furtherfield artists/activists addressing art, technology and social change.
transjuice critical articles and reviews of international national and local contemporary art.
Resources for Art-Practice-Led Researchers