ALEXANDER HAHN

electronic media artist

IT THAT ONCE BEAT THE MASTERS

(1983, gelatin cast of cow's brain, Plexiglass, fans, fresnel lenses, light bulbs, 

surplus electronics, motors, sponge, foam core board, keypad, hair gel, LEDs, particle board)




Participative talking machine, presented at the Science & Prophecy exhibition at White Columns, New York (1983).

The simulated holographic screen displayed a computer generated image, 

adapted from a New York Times newspaper picture,

of the chess game between Garry Kasparov and Lajos Portisch in Niksic/YUG, Aug 28, 1983. 

This was one of the reasons I bought my first computer, the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a.