Basic Information
Artist(s):
Title:
Kubo-Oktaeder (Cuboctahedron)
Medium:
Surface Size:
26.25 x 26.5 in.
Date Created:
1972
Inventory #:
Nees/Rase-1972-01
Description
a serigraph after an original unique computer-generated plotter drawing from 1972 made for the exhibition “Computer Art” at Kunsthalle, Hamburg 1972/73
signed by Ludwig Rase lower right in graphite
original plotter drawing:
conceived by: Georg Nees and Ludwig Rase
programmed by: Georg Nees
hardware: Siemens 4004
software: ALGOL
output machine: ZUSE-Graphomat Z64
“The motif was an art project by Rase and Nees depicting the world of Humanities and Natural Sciences in harmony***. It is composed of two elements: a human figure in two elevations and an architectural structure.
The human figure is an artistic quote, it is a proportion study by Albrecht Dürer and represents the Humanities. The figure is shown frontal and on the side, displaying the auxiliary lines used in constructing the drawing.
The two elevations resemble the scale figures used in many architectural illustrations, positioned besides a structure formed by aligned and overlying cuboctahedrons.
The drawing of the cuboctahedron structure used in this computer graphic stands for the Natural Sciences. It is a rotated version of a computer generated isometric drawing of Ludwig Rase´s housing structure.”
– Heike Werner Gallery
“Computer Graphik von G Nees gezeichnet auf GRAPHOTMAT ZUSE Z 90 (computer graphic by G Nees drawn on Graphomat Zuse Z 90)” printed in plotter ink below the image the drawing was produced at Siemens in Erlangen, Germany description of the artwork is courtesy of Heike Werner Gallery: “The typographical inscription indicates the model name […]
signed lower right and upper left in ink titled 1. Bild lower left in graphite this work is also sometimes known as Wurfel-Unordung (Cubic Disarray) this work can also be found in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, UK
a portfolio of offset lithographs created after original unique plotter drawings and computer generated sculptures plotter drawings were programed and drawn between 1965-1970 using: hardware: Siemens-System 4004 software: ALGOL output device: ZUSE-Graphomat Z64 plotter sculptures were programed and created between 1965-1968 using: hardware: Siemens-System 4004 software: EXAP-1 output device: Sinumerik milling machine lithograph titles: 1(a). […]
a portfolio of various media created after original unique plotter drawings each work is numbered in print lower left on the reverse plotter drawings were programed and drawn between 1968-1970 using: hardware: Siemens-System 4004 software: ALGOL output machine: ZUSE-Graphomat Z64 plotter print information: 1(a). Neese/Rase Kubo-Oktaeder (Cuboctahedron) serigraph on paper 2(b). Zottl Schwarm (Swarm) computer-generated […]
