Talk:Norman White
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[edit] Contested deletion
I don't think that it is appropriate to speedy delete the article as there are claims that he is a notable artist - a search of my local library database came up with some articles about this fellow's art. I think that AfD is more appropriate for this.
For example, his work is cited in Telepresence and Bio Art by Eduardo Kac. An article was written about him in Art Press in 1988. A Google Scholar search for "Norman White" robots came up with 12 scholarly articles citing his work [1].
Capitalistroadster 08:00, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
Norman White is an extremely important figure in the development of electonic and robotic art internationally and more specifically to Canadian Art. He has been a major figure at "Arcs Electronica", one of the world's leading New Media Art festivals. His "Helpless Robot" has been written about countless number of times in publications. A recent retrospective of this work and influence called "Norm’s Robots and Machine Life", with works by White and artists he has influenced—Lois Andison, Doug Back, Peter Fleming, Simone Jones & Lance Winn, Jeff Mann and David Rokeby, was shown at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston in 2004.
- Scifireal 08:09, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for the explanation; I officially withdraw the AfD request. --Alan Au 20:38, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
