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This paper proposes that the commercial nature of currently available graphic computer systems inclines their use by fine artists toward limited applications. The repeated and fictive nature of commercial imagery is described. A brief phenomenology of the graphic computer is offered, and on-going awareness of the form and social context of the machine is recommended.
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Slaton, A. Limitations of the computer as a tool for the fine artist. The Visual Computer 4, 4–7 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01901074
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