Alfred GraßI

Basic Info

Name: Alfred GraßI
Date of Birth: July 9, 1941
Country of Origin: AT

Description

Alfred Graßl is a scientist and technologist mainly known for being a founding member of the Ars Intermedia group.

Graßl studied Information Technology at the Technical University of Vienna, and then became assistant professor there in 1966. That year also marked the founding of Ars Intermedia, with Otto Beckmann, an experimental working group with the goal of exploring contemporary computer technology for artistic dimensions. The other founding members were Oskar Beckmann, Gerd Koepf, and Gerhard Schedl. During his time as part of Ars Intermedia, Graßl produced oscillographic images with Otto Beckmann which were lauded for their aesthetic value.

After he left the group, which eventually disbanded in 1980, Graßl worked as a project manager on data-processing projects for the Vienna public transportation authority, as well as for the Austrian Federal Railways.

“Alfred Graßl,” Persons, Compart – Center of Excellence Digital Art, January 14, 2020, http://dada.compart-bremen.de/item/agent/210.

Explore Artworks By Alfred GraßI

Elektronische Computergrafik (Electronic Computer Graphic)

Created in 1969 by Otto Beckmann, Alfred GraßI

signed and dated lower right in print titled lower left in print customs stamp lower right corner hardware: Markov Process Generator built by Alfred Grabi output machine: Tektronix 564B Storage Oscilloscope Produced at Institute of Low-Frequency Engineering at the Technical University, Vienna Through the possibilities offered by the oscilloscope for variation, the various modes of […]


Elektronische Computergrafik (Electronic Computer Graphic)

Created in 1968 by Otto Beckmann, Alfred GraßI

signed and dated lower right in print titled lower left in print hardware: Markov Process Generator built by Alfred Grabi output machine: Tektronix 564B Storage Oscilloscope Produced at Institute of Low-Frequency Engineering at the Technical University, Vienna Through the possibilities offered by the oscilloscope for variation, the various modes of expression are simultaneously available in […]


Ohne Titel – Elektronische Computergrafik (Untitled – Electronic Computer Graphic)

Created in 1968 by Otto Beckmann, Alfred GraßI

signature and date etched into plate lower right artist’s copyright stamp in ink on the reverse of the plate hardware: Markov Process Generator built by Alfred Grabi output machine: Tektronix 564B Storage Oscilloscope Produced at Institute of Low-Frequency Engineering at the Technical University, Vienna Through the possibilities offered by the oscilloscope for variation, the various […]


Elektronische Computergrafik (Electronic Computer Graphics)

Created in 1968 by Otto Beckmann, Alfred GraßI

signed and dated lower right in print titled lower left in print hardware: Markov Process Generator built by Alfred Grabi output machine: Tektronix 564B Storage Oscilloscope Produced at Institute of Low-Frequency Engineering at the Technical University, Vienna Through the possibilities offered by the oscilloscope for variation, the various modes of expression are simultaneously available in […]


Elektronische Computergrafik (Electronic Computer Graphics)

Created in 1968 by Otto Beckmann, Alfred GraßI

signed and dated in print lower left titled in print lower right hardware: Markov Process Generator built by Alfred Grabi output machine: Tektronix 564B Storage Oscilloscope Produced at Institute of Low-Frequency Engineering at the Technical University, Vienna Through the possibilities offered by the oscilloscope for variation, the various modes of expression are simultaneously available in […]


Elektronische Computergrafik / Entwürfe für Plastiken (Electronic Computer Graphics / Designs for Plastics)

Created in 1968 by Otto Beckmann, Alfred GraßI

signed, titled, and dated hardware: Markov Process Generator built by Alfred Grabi output machine: Tektronix 564B Storage Oscilloscope Produced at Institute of Low-Frequency Engineering at the Technical University, Vienna Through the possibilities offered by the oscilloscope for variation, the various modes of expression are simultaneously available in one and the same stochastic process. These variation […]


Elektronische Computergrafik (Electronic Computer Graphics)

Created in 1968 by Otto Beckmann, Alfred GraßI

signed, titled, and dated hardware: Markov Process Generator built by Alfred Grabi output machine: Tektronix 564B Storage Oscilloscope Produced at Institute of Low-Frequency Engineering at the Technical University, Vienna Through the possibilities offered by the oscilloscope for variation, the various modes of expression are simultaneously available in one and the same stochastic process. These variation […]