Northern Sparks Innovation, Technology Policy, and the Arts in Canada from Expo 67 to the Internet Age

• Main Author: Century, Michael (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2022
• Series: Leonardo
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; Art & design styles: Postmodernism; Canada;Canadian culture;media arts;innovation policy;human-computer interaction;cultural networking;virtual reality;computer animation;electronic music;acoustic ecology;improvisation studies.
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

An "episode of light" in Canada sparked by Expo 67 when new art forms, innovative technologies, and novel institutional and policy frameworks emerged together. Understanding how experimental art catalyzes technological innovation is often prized yet typically reduced to the magic formula...