Basic Information
Title: Oscillon No. 1167
Artist(s):
Ben Laposky
Date Created: 1959
Framed Dimensions: 18.25 x 14.25 in.
Unframed Dimensions: 10 x 8 in.
Medium: photograph on paper
Inventory ID: Laposky-1959-01
Description
titled, numbered, and dated on the back of the paper
artist name, titled, date, medium, and location that the print was made printed on the artist’s label on the back of the frame
Detail images of the work
signed lower right verso in graphite Ben Laposky produced his Oscillons on an analogue cathode-ray oscilloscope. He then manipulated the electronic wave forms (Lissajous-figures) displayed on the screen and photographed the results. He thus created some of the first graphics generated using an electronic machine and helped pave the way for the truly digital pioneers […]
duplicate of an Aero Ektachrome film 4×5 photographic negative “6 21 58 dup 1143” etched into upper margin “oscilloscope by Laposky” etched into right margin “1143 dup” etched into lower margin Laposky used a cathode ray oscilloscope with sine wave generators and various other electrical and electronic circuits to create abstract art. These electrical vibrations shown […]
duplicate of an Aero Ektachrome film 4×5 photographic negative “6 21 58 dup 1082” etched into upper margin “oscilloscope by Laposky” etched into right margin “1082 dup” etched into lower margin Laposky used a cathode ray oscilloscope with sine wave generators and various other electrical and electronic circuits to create abstract art. These electrical vibrations shown […]
duplicate of an Aero Ektachrome film 4×5 photographic negative “9 3 58 dup no.1058” etched into upper margin “oscilloscope by Laposky” etched into right margin “99 1058 dup” etched into lower margin Laposky used a cathode ray oscilloscope with sine wave generators and various other electrical and electronic circuits to create abstract art. These electrical vibrations […]
