Cybernetic Serendipity was an exhibition of cybernetic art curated by Jasia Reichardt, shown at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England, from 2 August to 20 October 1968, and then toured across the United States. Two stops in the United States were the Corcoran Annex, Washington, D.C., from 16 July to 31 August 1969, and the newly opened Exploratorium in San Francisco, from 1 November to 18 December 1969.
Wen-Ying Tsai system 1 (1968) as presented at the Institute of Contemporary Arts
Edward Ihnatowicz Sound Activated Mobile (SAM) (1968), shown as part of Cybernetic Serendipity
Jasia Reichardt is a British art critic, curator, art gallery director, teacher and prolific writer, specialist in the emergence of computer art. In 1968 she was curator of the landmark Cybernetic Serendipity exhibition at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts. She is generally known for her work on experimental art. After the deaths of Franciszka and Stefan Themerson she catalogued their archive and looks after their legacy.
Reichardt in 2022
Cover of the 1930's magazine Małe pisemko, drawing by Maryla Weinles-Chaykin.
Jews praying on Yom Kippur by Jakub Weinles. In the collection of the Warsaw National Museum.