Basic Information
Title: Return To Square (No. 1 in the Metamorphoses Series)
Artist(s):
Masao Kohmura
Kunio Yamanaka
Date Created: 1968
Edition Info:
1 - from the complete set
2 - from the complete set
3 - from the set missing the colophon page and original box
4 - from the framed set
Framed Dimensions: 34 x 24.5 in.
Unframed Dimensions: 30 x 20 in.
Medium: lithograph on paper
Inventory ID: Komura/Yamanaka-1968-01 / Serendipity-1968-02
Description
from the Cybernetic Serendipity portfolio containing a colophon page and seven lithographs all after original unique computer-generated plotter drawings in a custom made box
printed and published by Motif Editions, London in 1968
artist’s names, title, dates, associated company/location, and publishing information printed along the lower left edge of the paper
artist’s were part of the Computer Technique Group, Japan
idea by: Masao Komura (product designer)
programed by Kunio Yamanaka (aeronautic engineer)
generated in 1967/1968 at IBM Scientific Data Centre, Tokyo, Japan
software: FORTRAN IV
hardware: IBM 7090
output machine: CALCOMP 563 plotter
paper: Conqueror Paper, London watermark visible throughout paper
text from the Cybernetic Serendipity colophon page:
A square is transformed into a profile of a woman and then back into a square, programmed according to an arithmetic series.
Detail images of the work
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