Charles Csuri began to create digital
work with a computer in the 1960’s. Around this time Csuri started to create
computer animated pieces. He is seen as very influential in the field of
computer art and computer animation. Csuri’s
piece
Hummingbird was seen as
particularly influential in this field:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awvQp1TdBqc. Csuri used drawing as a basis for these
types of work. He later used these drawings to subsequently create similar
works.
This piece In particular has a
very transformative quality. There is a particular part in the piece where the objects are being
deconstructed, but the circular motion gives the video a very cyclical and
infinite feel. Although the piece is being defragmented and decontructed the video gives off the feeling that the figures are going to morph into something whole, and the viewer will be left with a sense of unity.
Aesthetically, some of the early
digitally-oriented art feels antiquated. I think it is sometimes difficult to
look at this work in context. At this point, digital art and digital media as
come so far in regards to quality that sometimes it can be hard to really truly
look at an earlier piece from this field and not see it as somewhat unpolished.
