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Alan Turing Inspired Art Exhibition

Sat, 24 Mar 2012

Alan Turing Inspired Art Exhibition

This year marks 100 years since Alan Turing's birth. Turing is seen by many as the father of artificial intelligence and modern computing and his work on decrypting German Enigma codes in world war two undoubtedly saved thousands of lives. He was also gay in time when this was regarded as "illegal". He was persecuted for his homosexuality to the extent that he took his own life at the age of just 42.

Amongst the tributes to Alan Turing in this centenary year is a touring exhibition of artwork inspired by his life and works. The most recent destination of the exhibition was the Workstation in Sheffield as part of the LoveBytes festival. I managed to make it up and spent a couple of hours looking at the work on display.

It was an interesting collection that included interactive and responsive work, robotics, sound art and prints. A robotic "artist" that made drawings of visitors seemed to get particular interest from the general public. I personally enjoyed seeing three of Roman Verostko's prints at close quarters - the level of detail is amazing.

I took quite a few pictures and have uploaded them to my Flickr page. I'm hoping to bring the exhibition to Leicester later in the year. I'll announce this on my website as soon as everything is confirmed. For more information about the exhibition visit the website at http://turingcentenaryarts.eu/.

Author: Sean Clark