IM31 (3) P 0.5 4.X.78

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Artist/Maker	Dominic Boreham (artist)
Place of origin	London (made)

IM31 is from Dominic Boreham's Interference Matrix series. The computer assisted drawing was produced at the Slade School of Fine Art's Experimental and Computing Department, where Boreham studied during the 1970s. He created the artwork using FORTRAN IV, a computer programming language which passed commands to a flatbed plotter equipped with a rotring pen.

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Category	Drawings
Object type	Plotter drawing
Title	IM31 (3) P 0.5 4.X.78 (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Plotter drawing; Rotring ink on paper Paper Ink Plotter Drawing
Brief description	IM31, plotter drawing by Dominic Boreham, Rotring ink on paper, London, 1978
Physical description	Linear plotter drawing composed of two layers drawn one on top of the other.
Dimensions	Height: 28cm Length: 21.8cm
Production type	Unique
Gallery label	(07/07/2018-18/11/2018) Chance and Control: Art in the Age of Computers (2018) DOMINIC BOREHAM (born 1944) IM31 UK, 1978 Dominic Boreham produced this computer-assisted drawing while studying at the Slade School of Fine Art’s Experimental and Computing Department in the mid 1970s. He created it using FORTRAN IV, a programming language that passed commands to a flatbed plotter equipped with a pen. The artwork forms part of his Interference Matrixseries. Boreham was the editor of the Computer Arts Society’s PAGE bulletin from 1979 to 1982. Plotter drawing Given by GV Art gallery, London Museum no. E.646-2015
Credit line	Given by GV Art gallery, London
Summary	IM31 is from Dominic Boreham's Interference Matrix series. The computer assisted drawing was produced at the Slade School of Fine Art's Experimental and Computing Department, where Boreham studied during the 1970s. He created the artwork using FORTRAN IV, a computer programming language which passed commands to a flatbed plotter equipped with a rotring pen.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.646-2015

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Record created	September 11, 2015
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1321228/im31-3-p-05-4x78-plotter-drawing-dominic-boreham/

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