…was a quarter of a century ago. We were being sold our first Macintosh. Do yourself a favour, go to YouTube and see how Ridley Scott made the first Mac commercial. Launched at the Superbowl. Maximum exposure. “… you’ll see why 1984 won’t be like 1984″.

Two things have brought on this rush of nostalgia. One was the Radio National interview with Peter Singer on robotic warfare this morning. The second was the annoying book I am reading which suggested that artists in the West were not producing images about war or the arms race during the eighties.

Then I remembered this Sydney University Art Workshop poster still glued to the wall at the Art School, image by Nigel Lendon, printed by Pam Debenham. That’s how it was, pre-Macintosh.