Max Bense would have turned 100 years earlier this week. Even if his reconstructive post-war modernism does not appeal to today’s postmodern mainstream, and there is not a single hit on wired.com, Max Bense’s work is still worth a glimpse. That’s why the Center for Arts and Media Karlsruhe (ZKM) has put up an exhibition about Bense as a mastermind of cybernetics as well as concrete poetry.
A brief introduction, and an extensive overview.
