Basic Information
Artist(s):
Title:
Laser-Computergrafik (Laser Computer Graphics)
Medium:
Surface Size:
13 x 22 in.
Framed Size:
15.75 x 24.75 in.
Date Created:
1971
Inventory #:
Beckmann/Koepf-1971-01
Description
signed, titled, and dated
hardware: : a.i.70/71 (hybrid computer)
output machine: oscilloscope
photographic documentation of a laser beam which was directed through an etched acrylic glass plate
They called these works “diffraction images”, which Beckmann recorded as Photographs.
For this image, a laser was directed onto a transparent card containing computer-generated information. In this way the diffraction images were produced on a screen positoned behind the card. Beckmann recorded those images using photography.
Detail images of the work
signed and dated lower right in ink Elektronische Computergrafik (Computer Graphics) written lower left in ink Pl/73 written lower left in ink artist’s copyright stamp in ink on the reverse of the paper
signed and dated lower right in ink titled lower left in ink Elektronische Computergrafik (Computer Graphics) written lower left in ink Kunstcomputer (Art Computers), Pl/73 written lower left in ink artist’s copyright stamp in ink on the reverse of the paper
signed, titled, and dated lower right in print signature etched into plate lower right titled lower left in print handwritten notes lower right corner in graphite artist’s copyright stamp in ink on the reverse of the plate signed in sharpie on the reverse of the plate hardware: A.I. 70 Hybrid Computer output machine: Tektronix 564B […]
signature etched into plate lower right title etched into plate lower left handwritten notes lower right corner in graphite artist’s copyright stamp in ink on the reverse of the plate hardware: A.I. 70 Hybrid Computer output machine: Tektronix 564B Storage Oscilloscope Produced at Institute of Low-Frequency Engineering at the Technical University, Vienna Through the possibilities […]
