Werkstatt Edition Kroll
Print
1970 (made)
1970 (made)
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Georg Nees (1926-2016) is considered one of the founders of computer art and graphics. He was also one of the first people to exhibit his computer graphics, at the studio gallery of the Technische Hochschule in Stuttgart in February 1965. Nees studied mathematics and physics at the universities of Erlangen-Nuremberg and Stuttgart. He subsequently worked for Siemens as a software engineer, and was instrumental in their purchasing a 'Zuse Graphomat', a drawing machine operated by computer-generated punched tape. The machine was capable of creating geometric patterns and, although the programming language that Nees used (ALGOL) was designed specifically for scientific computers, Nees used it to create aesthetic images such as this one.
In 1969 he received his doctorate on the subject of Generative Computer Graphics under Max Bense, the German philosopher and writer.
In 1969 he received his doctorate on the subject of Generative Computer Graphics under Max Bense, the German philosopher and writer.
Object details
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| Title | Werkstatt Edition Kroll (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Screenprint after a computer-generated artwork programmed on a Siemens System 4004 and drawn on a Zuse-Graphomat flatbed drawing machine |
| Brief description | Silkscreen print by Georg Nees, published by Werkstatt Edition Kroll, 1970 |
| Physical description | Red silkscreen print with black polygons in a circle motif |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
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| Production | Published by Werkstatt-Edition Kroll |
| Summary | Georg Nees (1926-2016) is considered one of the founders of computer art and graphics. He was also one of the first people to exhibit his computer graphics, at the studio gallery of the Technische Hochschule in Stuttgart in February 1965. Nees studied mathematics and physics at the universities of Erlangen-Nuremberg and Stuttgart. He subsequently worked for Siemens as a software engineer, and was instrumental in their purchasing a 'Zuse Graphomat', a drawing machine operated by computer-generated punched tape. The machine was capable of creating geometric patterns and, although the programming language that Nees used (ALGOL) was designed specifically for scientific computers, Nees used it to create aesthetic images such as this one. In 1969 he received his doctorate on the subject of Generative Computer Graphics under Max Bense, the German philosopher and writer. |
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| Accession number | E.2776-2016 |
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| Record created | March 29, 2016 |
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