# Event One

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[[File:Darwin Building, Royal College of Art in London, spring 2013.JPG|thumb|upright|The [Royal College of Art](/source/Royal_College_of_Art) in London, where ''Event One'' and ''Event Two'' were held in 1969 and 2019 respectively]]

'''''Event One''''' was an early [digital art](/source/digital_art) exhibition held at the [Royal College of Art](/source/Royal_College_of_Art) (RCA), [London](/source/London), [England](/source/England), in 1969.<ref>{{cite book| first=Catherine | last=Mason | authorlink=Catherine Mason | chapter=The Fortieth Anniversary of ''Event One'' at the Royal College of Art | url=http://www.catherinemason.co.uk/pdf/TheFortiethAnniversaryofEventOneEVA09.pdf | title=EVA London 2009: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts | publisher=[BCS](/source/British_Computer_Society) | location=London | date=6–8 July 2009 | editor-first1=Alan | editor-last1=Seal  | editor-first2=Suzanne | editor-last2=Keene | editor-first3=Jonathan P. | editor-last3=Bowen | editor-link3=Jonathan Bowen | isbn=978-1-906124-17-5 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book| title=A Computer in the Art Room: The Origins of British Computer Arts 1950–80 | year=2008 | publisher=JJG Publishing | first=Catherine | last=Mason | isbn=978-1-899163-89-2 | pages=114–15, 117, 125, 212, 214 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book| title=[White Heat Cold Logic: British Computer Art 1960–1980](/source/White_Heat_Cold_Logic%3A_British_Computer_Art_1960%E2%80%931980) | year=2009 | publisher=[MIT Press](/source/MIT_Press) | editor1-first=Paul | editor1-last=Brown | editor2-first=Charlie | editor2-last=Gere | editor3-first=Nicholas | editor3-last=Lambert | editor4-first=Catherine | editor4-last=Mason | isbn=978-0262026536 | pages=76, 166–168, 173, 180–182, 186, 193, 198, 220, 351 }}</ref>

''Event One'' was organised over two days during 29–30 March 1969 in the Gulbenkian Hall at the RCA by the [Computer Arts Society](/source/Computer_Arts_Society) (CAS), that had been established the year before in 1968.<ref>{{cite web| title=Event One | publisher=[Computer Arts Society](/source/Computer_Arts_Society) | work=CAS Online Archive | url=https://computer-arts-society.com/event-one | date=1969 | accessdate=5 August 2019 }}</ref> An associated catalogue was produced.<ref>{{cite web| title=Event One | publisher=[Computer Arts Society](/source/Computer_Arts_Society) | url=https://computer-arts-society.com/uploads/event-one-1969.pdf | date=1969 | accessdate=5 August 2019 }}</ref> The exhibition was reviewed in ''Page'', the Bulletin of the Computer Arts Society.<ref>{{cite web| title=Page | journal=Bulletin of the Computer Arts Society | volume=1 | publisher=[Computer Arts Society](/source/Computer_Arts_Society) | url=https://computer-arts-society.com/uploads/event-one-1969.pdf | date=April 1969 | accessdate=5 August 2019 }}</ref> Since ''Event One'', CAS has donated its collection to the [Victoria and Albert Museum](/source/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum) in London.<ref>{{cite web| title=The V&A's Computer Art Collections | publisher=[Victoria and Albert Museum](/source/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum) | url=https://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/v-and-a-computer-art-collections/ | accessdate=5 August 2019 }}</ref>

==Event Two==
'''''Event Two''''' was organised at the RCA during 12–17 July 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ''Event One'', including some digitally-produced artworks by artists, who also exhibited at ''Event One''.<ref>{{cite web| title=Event Two | publisher=[Royal College of Art](/source/Royal_College_of_Art) | work=News & Events | url=https://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/event-two/ | date=12–17 July 2019 | accessdate=5 August 2019 }}</ref><ref name="itnow">{{cite news| title=BCS Computer Arts Society celebrates 50 years | publisher=[BCS](/source/British_Computer_Society) | work=[ITNOW](/source/ITNOW) | url=https://www.bcs.org/content-hub/computer-arts-society-celebrates-50-years/ | date=September 2019 | pages=30–31 | accessdate=20 September 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Event Two | publisher=[Computer Arts Society](/source/Computer_Arts_Society) | url=https://computer-arts-society.com/event-two | date=2019 | accessdate=20 September 2019 }}</ref> '''''Event Three''''' is planned for 2069.<ref name="itnow" /><ref>{{cite web| title=Ultify | url=https://www.ultify.no | accessdate=28 November 2020 }}</ref>

==See also==
* ''[Cybernetic Serendipity](/source/Cybernetic_Serendipity)'' exhibition, [Institute of Contemporary Arts](/source/Institute_of_Contemporary_Arts), London, 1968

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