Alvin Lucier, I Am Sitting In A Room, 1969, recording

Hito Steyerl, In Defense of the Poor Image, 2009, essay
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Brian Eno, Operational diagram for Discreet Music, 1975, drawing
Brian Eno, Discreet Music, 1975, recording

Lillian Schwartz, Fantasies, 1976, computer animation
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Boris Groys, From Image to Image Fileāand Back: Art in the Age of Digitalization, 2008, essay
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Lao Tzu, Tao Teh Ching, unknown date, Chinese text / poem
James Whitney, Lapis, 1966, early analog computer animation

Jorge Luis Borges, The Library of Babel, from Ficciones, 1941, short story
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Charles and Ray Eames, Powers of Ten, 1977, film