Basic Information
Artist(s):
Title:
P-96 Theoretical Space Projection (from the Systems Dimensions Limited Portfolio)
Medium:
Image Size:
20 x 20 in.
Surface Size:
22.5 x 22.5 in.
Date Created:
1973
Inventory #:
Mohr-1973-03
Description
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 an new tool for artistic image-making. The portfolio commissioned nine international artists and academics in the field of computer science – among them Manfred Mohr, Georg Nees, Manuel Barbadillo, and Lebanese-Canadian Roger Vilder – to develop a series of computer-generated art. The resulting images are extraordinary, depicting complex patterns and bold colours generated from mathematical algorithms and machine code. Marking an important development of both abstraction and non-human generation, these are exceptional examples of some of the first wholly digital artworks.
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 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 […]
signed and dated lower right in graphite titled lower center in graphite numbered EA lower left in graphite Mohr74 / Prog.155 printed lower left within the image provenance: from the Grace Hertlein Collection and Archives
