Technocrats of the Imagination : Art, Technology, and the Military-Industrial Avant-Garde

In Technocrats of the Imagination John Beck and Ryan Bishop explore the collaborations between the American avant-garde art world and the military-industrial complex during the 1960s, in which artists worked with scientists and engineers in universities, private labs, and museums. For artists, desig...

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Main Authors: John Beck, Ryan Bishop
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Published: Duke University Press Books 2020
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