Basic Information
Artist(s):
Title:
P-021 Band Structure
Medium:
Surface Size:
15.5 x 15.5 in.
Framed Size:
20 x 20 in.
Date Created:
1970
Inventory #:
Mohr-1970-01
Description
signed and dated in graphite lower right
title printed below the image lower left
hardware: CDC7600
software: Program 21 with FORTRAN
output machine: Benson Plotter
The elements are horizontal, vertical, 45 degree lines, square waves, zig-zags, and have probabilities for line widths and lengths. The algorithm places elements in a horizontal direction and has a high probability to move from left to right and a limited probability to backtrack. The original idea of this algorithm was to create a visual musical score which defies the progression in time by occasionally turning back on itself. Thus at the same time an abstract text is created.
Detail images of the work
signed lower right in graphite titled lower center in graphite numbered E.A. lower left in graphite artist’s name, date, and program title printed within image lower left provenance: from the Grace Hertlein Collection and Archives
signed lower right in graphite numbered E.A. lower left in graphite artist’s name, date, and title printed within image lower left provenance: from the Grace Hertlein Collection and Archives
signed lower right in graphite numbered E.A. lower left in graphite provenance: from the Grace Hertlein Collection and Archives The portfolio was commissioned by Systems Dimensions Limited, an early Canadian computer services firm, in 1973 as a way of promoting computers not only as a tool to expand industrial and administrative efficiency, but also as […]
signed and dated lower right in graphite numbered E.A. XIV/XXX lower left in graphite provenance: from the Grace Hertlein Collection and Archives Random points chosen within a circular area of each square are linearly transformed to each of square’s 4 sides and densely to its center point. Details: http://emohr.com/sc69-73/vfile_112.html A work from this algorithm was […]
