Basic Information

Title: 3D Checkerboard Pattern
Artist(s): Donald K. Robbins
Date Created: 1968
Edition Info:
1 - from the complete set
2 - from the complete set
3 - from the set missing the colophon page and original box
4 - from the framed set
Framed Dimensions: 34 x 24.5 in.
Unframed Dimensions: 30 x 20 in.
Medium: lithograph on paper
Inventory ID: Robbins-1968-01 / Serendipity-1968-07

Description

from the Cybernetic Serendipity portfolio containing a colophon page and seven lithographs all after original unique computer-generated plotter drawings in a custom made box

printed and published by Motif Editions, London in 1968

artist name, title, date, associated company/location, and publishing information printed along the lower left edge of the paper

the artist was associated with Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque
generated in 1968

https://spalterdigital.com/artworks/cybernetic-serendipity-the-computer-and-the-arts-portfolio/

text from the Cybernetic Serendipity colophon page:
One of the traditional problems in calculus is the so-called bug problem. the problem can be stated as follows: If 4 bugs are placed on the corners of a square and crawl towards each other, what path will they follow? If, in addition, a drawing is made of their lines of vision, the picture takes on a spiral appearance. Once the basic subroutines are programmed for a digital computer, the parameters can be varied, thereby producing images based on the same fundamental pattern. This subroutine can be manipulated as in the checkerboard pattern which is a replica of the basic pattern. A further progression shows the checkerboard as a three-dimensional entity, with a shape distorted by perspective transformation.

 

Detail images of the work

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