pbTracing the evolution of the Italian avant-garde's pioneering experiments with art and technology and their subversion of freedom and controlb p In postwar Italy, a group of visionary artists used emergent computer technologies as both tools of artistic production and a means to reconceptualize the dynamic interrelation between individual freedom and collectivity. Working contrary to assumptions that the rigid, structural nature of programming limits subjectivity, this book traces the multifaceted practices of these groundbreaking artists and their conviction that technology could provide the conditions for a liberated social life.ppSituating their developments within the context of the Cold War and the ensuing crisis among the Italian left, iArte Programmatai describes how Italy's distinctive political climate fueled the group's engagement with computers, cybernetics, and information theory. Creating a broad range of immersive environments, kinetic sculptures, domestic home goods, a