Previously Unknown Warhol Works Recovered From '80s Amiga Disks

First time accepted submitter mooterSkooter (1132489) writes "Magnetic Imaging tools were used to recover a dozen images produced by Andy Warhol on his Amiga computer. I would've just stuck the disks in and tried to copy it myself." Read more about it from the Frank Ratchye Studio for Creative Inquiry, which says "The impetus for the investigation came when [artist Cory] Arcangel, a self-described “Warhol fanatic and lifelong computer nerd,” learned about Warhol’s Amiga experiments from the YouTube video of the 1985 Commodore Amiga product launch. Acting on a hunch, and with the support of CMOA curator Tina Kukielski, Arcangel approached the AWM in December 2011 regarding the possibility of restoring the Amiga hardware in the museum’s possession, and cataloging any files on its associated diskettes. In April 2012, he contacted Golan Levin, a CMU art professor and director of the FRSCI, a laboratory that supports “atypical, anti-disciplinary and inter-institutional” arts research. Offering a grant to support the investigation, Levin connected Cory with the CMU Computer Club, a student organization that had gained renown for its expertise in “retrocomputing,” or the restoration of vintage computers."

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Re:Plastic "art"

[GodfatherofSoul]

The plate of discarded BBQ chicken parts I ate last night has more art in it that Warhol. Guy was an awful gimmick who somehow got himself to be taken seriously. I like art even some of the modern genres and I did check out his museum in Pittsburgh. Literally, there's a canvas where he pissed on wet paint. There's also a huge room of polaroids/photos of gay guys having sex. That's it, no composition no framing no nothing. I try to give every artist a chance, but how he got his name associated with great artists and American culture is incomprehensible.