Basic Information
Title: Quadrate (Squares)
Artist(s):
Herbert W. Franke
Date Created: 1970
Framed Dimensions: 35 x 26.5 in.
Unframed Dimensions: 27.5 x 19.5 in.
Medium: serigraph on paper
Inventory ID: Franke-1970-01
Description
a serigraph created after an original computer generated unique plotter drawing
signed lower right in graphite
numbered 87/100 lower left in graphite
programed by Georg Färber
“Herbert Franke created this work with the assistance of Georg Färber. Färber had access to the computer systems at the University of Munich and wrote the computer program based on a set of dates provided by the artist. The original computer graphic output was a small black and white plotter drawing (24cm x 24cm). Franke later produced coloured prints. In 1970 Franke created a larger (40 x 60cm) red, orange and black silkscreen print for the Venice biennale.
The artwork is informed by Information Aesthetics, a theory that bridges philosophy, psychology, aesthetics, social sciences and art theory. The distribution of squares across the surface area relates to research by the German mathematician and cyberneticist Helmar Frank.”
– Victoria and Albert Museum
Detail images of the work
signed lower right programmed by Josef Vordermaier From a series of works entitled DRAKULA. The name refers to the computer program that generated the images; ‘DRAchenKUrven, überLAgert’ translated into English is ‘Dragon curves, superimposed’. The program was written by computer scientist Josef Vordermaier in collaboration with Franke. Dragon curves are a type of mathematical fractal, […]
signed lower right programmed by Josef Vordermaier From a series of works entitled DRAKULA. The name refers to the computer program that generated the images; ‘DRAchenKUrven, überLAgert’ translated into English is ‘Dragon curves, superimposed’. The program was written by computer scientist Josef Vordermaier in collaboration with Franke. Dragon curves are a type of mathematical fractal, […]
a serigraph after a photograph of an original unique computer-generated image signed lower right in graphite numbered 88/100 lower left in graphite hardware: Demo-Gerät (demonstration-set) analog computer output device: cathode-ray oscillograph “This picture is from the series ‘Dance of the Electrons’. In 1962 Franke produced the image using his analogue computer called Demo-Gerät (demonstration-set) and […]
a serigraph after a photograph of an original unique computer-generated image signed lower right in graphite numbered 75/100 lower left in graphite hardware: Demo-Gerät (demonstration-set) analog computer output device: cathode-ray oscillograph “This picture is from the series ‘Dance of the Electrons’. In 1962 Franke produced the image using his analogue computer called Demo-Gerät (demonstration-set) and […]
