Photograph
1960-1969 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
This photograph shows a computer-generated image created by staff working for the General Motors Corporation in the mid 1960s. The image was one of a number of geometric patterns that General Motors employees created as a diagnostic tool to check the quality of the computer's cathode ray tube (CRT) display. The patterns were automatically recorded on film by a CRT recorder, then printed.
Computer graphics produced by General Motors staff were exhibited at Cybernetic Serendipity, an exhibition held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1968. This image and others are also included in the book published to accompany the exhibition (p.95)
The V&A's copy of the photograph was donated by the Computer Arts Society, which organised a number of exhibitions in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Computer graphics produced by General Motors staff were exhibited at Cybernetic Serendipity, an exhibition held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1968. This image and others are also included in the book published to accompany the exhibition (p.95)
The V&A's copy of the photograph was donated by the Computer Arts Society, which organised a number of exhibitions in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Black and white photograph, from a computer-generated image captured on a cathode ray tube (CRT) recorder |
| Brief description | Black and white photograph of a computer-generated image created by staff of the General Motors Corporation, 1960s |
| Physical description | Black and white photograph of a computer-generated image |
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| Credit line | Given by the Computer Arts Society, supported by System Simulation Ltd, London |
| Summary | This photograph shows a computer-generated image created by staff working for the General Motors Corporation in the mid 1960s. The image was one of a number of geometric patterns that General Motors employees created as a diagnostic tool to check the quality of the computer's cathode ray tube (CRT) display. The patterns were automatically recorded on film by a CRT recorder, then printed. Computer graphics produced by General Motors staff were exhibited at Cybernetic Serendipity, an exhibition held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1968. This image and others are also included in the book published to accompany the exhibition (p.95) The V&A's copy of the photograph was donated by the Computer Arts Society, which organised a number of exhibitions in the late 1960s and early 1970s. |
| Other number | CAS/A/0099 - Previous owner's number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.250-2008 |
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| Record created | April 10, 2008 |
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