361 Cubes
Plotter Drawing
1973 (made)
1973 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Clive Richards began his career as a technical illustrator, then became increasingly interested in the possibilities provided by the emerging discipline of computer graphics. He produced some of the first computer animations created at a British art school, in Coventry in 1969. This is one of several highly-controlled plotter drawings created by Richards at Lanchester Polytechnic (now Coventry University) in the 1970s.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | 361 Cubes (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Plotter drawing, hand-coloured |
| Brief description | 361 Cubes, plotter drawing, 1973 by Clive Richards |
| Physical description | Grid of 19 x 19 rotating cubes. Plotter drawing, hand coloured with pink and black ink |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Signed and dated by the artist in pencil |
| Gallery label | Chance and Control: Art in the Age of Computers (2018)
CLIVE RICHARDS (born 1944)
361 Cubes
UK, 1973
Clive Richards began his career as a technical illustrator, then became increasingly interested in the possibilities provided by the emerging discipline of computer graphics. He produced some of the first computer animations created at a British art school, in Coventry in 1969. This is one of several highly-controlled plotter drawings created by Richards at Lanchester Polytechnic (now Coventry University) in the 1970s.
Plotter drawing with hand colouring
Given anonymously
Museum no. E.676-2016(07/07/2018-18/11/2018) |
| Credit line | Given anonymously |
| Summary | Clive Richards began his career as a technical illustrator, then became increasingly interested in the possibilities provided by the emerging discipline of computer graphics. He produced some of the first computer animations created at a British art school, in Coventry in 1969. This is one of several highly-controlled plotter drawings created by Richards at Lanchester Polytechnic (now Coventry University) in the 1970s. |
| Bibliographic reference | Catherine Mason. The routes towards British computer arts: the role of cultural institutions in the pioneering period. In: Brown, P. et al. (eds) White Heat Cold Logic: British Computer Art 1960-1980. MIT Press, 2008. pp.255-257. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.676-2016 |
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| Record created | January 7, 2016 |
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