Electronic Abstraction 4

Basic Information

Title: Electronic Abstraction 4
Artist(s): Ben Laposky
Date Created: 1952
Framed Dimensions: 16.5 x 14 in.
Unframed Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.5 in.
Medium:
Inventory ID: Laposky-1952-03

Description

signed lower right

titled lower left

Ben Laposky produced his Oscillons on an analogue cathode-ray oscilloscope. He then manipulated the electronic wave forms (Lissajous-figures) displayed on the screen and then photographed the results. He thus created some of the first graphics generated using an electronic machine and helped pave the way for the truly digital pioneers who followed.

 

Detail images of the work

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