Plastik 1 (Sculpture 1)

Basic Information

Title: Plastik 1 (Sculpture 1)
Artist(s): Georg Nees
Date Created: 1970
Framed Dimensions: 32 x 29 in.
Unframed Dimensions: 29.75 x 27 in.
Medium:
Inventory ID: Nees-1970-01

Description

Computergrafik MIT (image created with) Siemens-System 4004 printed lower right
gezeichnet mit (draw with) ZUSE-Graphomat printed lower right

This serigraph was created from the design for a sculpture that Nees produced using a machine that could mill, or cut, a 3D shape. The machine followed the computer calculated image as a guide. The artist used a random number generator to determine the height, width and depth of the rectangular forms. The data for each of these three dimensions would be stored on magnetic tape and used to drive an automatic milling machine.

print created in 1970:
hardware: Siemens System 4004
software: ALGOL
output machine: ZUSE Graphomat Z64

sculpture generated between 1965 and 1968:
hardware: Siemens System 2002 and 4004
software: EXAP-1
milling machine to create sculpture: Sinumerik

 

Detail images of the work

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