Ninety Parallel Sinusoids with Linearly Increasing Period

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Artist/Maker	A. Michael Noll (computer artist)
Place of origin	New Jersey (made)

This is a photographic print of a computer-generated image originally created by A. Michael Noll in 1964. The artist has stated that "The top sinusoid was expressed mathematically and then repeated again and again. The result closely approximates the op-art painting "Current" by Bridget Riley."

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Categories	Computer Art Photographs
Object type	Photograph
Title	Ninety Parallel Sinusoids with Linearly Increasing Period (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Photography
Brief description	Photographic print, 'Ninety parallel sinusoids with linearly increasing period', by A. Michael Noll, New Jersey, 1964
Physical description	Ninety parallel sinusoids with linearly increasing period
Dimensions	Height: 28cm Length: 21.8cm
Gallery label	(07/07/2018-18/11/2018) Chance and Control: Art in the Age of Computers (2018) A. MICHAEL NOLL (born 1939) Ninety Parallel Sinusoids with Linearly Increasing Period USA, made 1964, printed 1970s This work is inspired by Bridget Riley’s op-art painting Current, created in 1964. Noll realised that a computer could produce an approximation of Riley’s artwork, which consisted of a series of parallel curved lines. Noll programmed the computer to generate a single line that could be repeated many times. Photographic print of a computer-generated image Given by the artist Museum no. E.34-2011
Credit line	Gift of A. Michael Noll
Production	Noll used a Stromberg-Carlson 4020 microfilm plotter to produce a 35mm negative image, which was then used to create a photographic print.
Summary	This is a photographic print of a computer-generated image originally created by A. Michael Noll in 1964. The artist has stated that "The top sinusoid was expressed mathematically and then repeated again and again. The result closely approximates the op-art painting "Current" by Bridget Riley."
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.34-2011

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Record created	March 28, 2011
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1193786/ninety-parallel-sinusoids-with-linearly-photograph-a-michael-noll/

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