Interact Digital Arts - Computer Arts Archive

Computer Arts Archive CIC
www.computer-arts-archive.com

New website coming in 2025

Jack Tait's Electromechanical Drawing Machines installed at the Conmputer Art Archive's new collaborative R10 Electronic Media Studio.

The Computer Arts Archive CIC is a not-for-profit company that collects, exhibits and promotes computer arts to benefit artists, audiences, curators, educators and researchers. We produce authoritative AI datasets about computer art and collaborate with other collections, museums and galleries to explore the impact of digital culture and ensure that computer art is recognised as a significant contemporary art form with a rich and diverse history. In particular, we work closely with the Computer Arts Society, a member-based organisation founded in 1968 and the R10 Electronic Media Studio in Leicester. The Computer Arts Archive was founded in 2020 by Dr Sean Clark.

December 2024

2025 is set to be a very exciting year for the Computer Arts Archive. We have moved to the R10 Electronic Media Studio at the LCB Depot in Leicester and have just heard that our project "British Cybernetic Arts 1965 - 1975" has been funded by the Paul Mellon Centre. Please contact info@computer-arts-archive.com for the latest news. We plan to launch a new website in 2025.

R10 Electronic Media Studio

We launched the R10 Electronic Media studio in Leicester in January 2025. This new space hosts The Leicester Synthi 100, Jack Tait's Drawing Machines and the 1990s/2000s Live Multimedia project. Stay tuned for more details.

Updates

January 2025

The Leicester Synthi 100 Arrives at R10
R10 / Computer Arts Archive

The Leicester Synthi 100 has arrived at the new R10 Electronic Media Studio. This is a significant step towards the start of its restoration. Thanks to all those who helped with the move.

January 2025

8-bit II Exhibition
Computer Arts Archive / Exhibitions

An exhibition of original artwork from the 1980s made on 8-bit home computers from the 1980s.

Collections

CAS50 Collection ↑

A growing collection of digital artworks on paper, initially produced to celebrate 50 years of the Computer Arts Society in 2018. Located in the DMU Special Collections (CAA/01).

Edward Ihnatowicz Archive ↑

The personal archive of pioneering cybernetic artist Edward Ihnatowizc. Located in the DMU Special Collections (CAA/03).

Stroud Cornock Archive

The personal archive of sculptor and sytems artist Stroud Cornock. Currently being migrated to the DMU Special Collections.

Supported by the Heritage Lottery.

Jack Tait Collection

Drawing machines and drawings produced by Jack Tait between 1960and 2024. Currently being migrated to the DMU Special Collections.

Supported by the Heritage Lottery.

Paul Brown Archive

Artworks, papers and artefacts relating to pioneering computer artist Paul Brown. Currently being migrated to the DMU Special Collections.

ISEA Physical Archive ↑

Located in the DMU Special Collections (CAA/02).

Computer Arts Society Exhibitions ↑

Prints, publications and ephemera relaring to Computer Arts Society's exhibition programme. Currently being migrated to the DMU Special Collections.

Computer Arts Society Archive ↑

Digital and physical materials relating to the Computer Arts Society, established in 1968. Including PAGE Magazine. Currently being migrated to the DMU Special Collections.

Projects

The Leicester Synthi 100

More details coming soon.
Supported by the Heritage Lottery.

Leicester Digital Art History ↑

An exploration of Leicester's impressive computer art history.
Supported by Leicester City Council.

1990s/2000s Live Multimedia

Details coming soon.
Supported by the Heritage Lottery.

British Cybernetic Art 1965 - 1975
Developing a preservation strategy for cybernetic artworks from the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Supported by the Paul Mellon Centre.