Locations: CFAS-Trust-Bin07

Untitled (from the 16 4 66 Portfolio)

Created in 1966 by Frieder Nake

signed lower right in graphite numbered 77/150 lower left in graphite a double sided and folded work from the 16 4 66 Portfolio/Book of serigraphs and letterpress prints with artist’s text sheets by 16 various artists including: Max Bense, Klaus Burkhardt, Sigfrid Cremer, Reinhard Döhl, Hein Gravenhorst, Helmut Heissenbüttel, Rudolf Hoflehner, Herbert W. Kapitzki, Erhard […]


P-038 Rotor

Created in 1970 by Manfred Mohr

signed and dated lower right edge artist name and date printed lower right title printed lower left   Each sign is formed from 15 random lines. A certain percentage of the lines have a thicker line width. These signs are distributed within the interior of a circle.


P-197 N/R 801 Cubic Limit II

Created in 1977 by Manfred Mohr

signed and dated lower right in graphite Manfred Mohr is considered a pioneer of digital art based on algorithms. After discovering Prof. Max Bense’s information aesthetics in the early 1960’s, Mohr’s artistic thinking was radically changed. Within a few years, his art transformed from abstract expressionism to computer generated algorithmic geometry. Further encouraged by discussions […]


Matrizenmultiplikation Nr. 2 Serie 2.5-5 (Matrix Multiplication)

Created in 1967 by Frieder Nake

signed, titled, and dated on the back of the paper artist’s name, computer identifier TR4, plotter machine identifier Z64, title, and date printed lower left hardware:  Telefunken-Rechner 4 output machine: Zuse Z64 Graphomat plotter All of the prints feature compositions of small square outlines of various different colours, which are thinly applied onto white paper. […]


Matrizenmultiplikation Nr. 1, Serie 2.5-1 (Matrix Multiplication)

Created in 1967 by Frieder Nake

signed, titled, and dated on the back of the paper artist’s name, computer identifier TR4, plotter machine identifier Z64, title, and date printed lower left TR4 indicates the Telefunken-Rechner 4 computer used to program the plotter printer Z64 indicates the Zuse Z64 Graphomat plotter printer used to draw the print on paper   All of […]


Computer Nude (Studies in Perception I)

Created in 1967 by Kenneth C. Knowlton, Leon D. Harmon

signed by Kenneth Knowlton in graphite lower left copyrighted, dated, and artist’s names printed lower right from the small paper edition Computer Nude (Studies in Perception I) is the most widely circulated early artwork made using a computer. It demonstrates the unique capacity of the viewer’s brain to interpret a composition of abstract symbols grouped to emulate […]


Hommage a HE

Created in 1969 by Frieder Nake

artist’s name, computer identifier 7094, plotter machine identifier CALCOMP, title, and date printed lower right 7094 indicates the IBM 7094 computer used to program the plotter printer CALCOMP indicates the CALCOMP 565 plotter printer used to draw the print on paper  


Polygonzug 16/3/65 Nr. 2 (Polygonal Chain)

Created in 1965 by Frieder Nake

signed, titled, and dated on the reverse in graphite artist’s name, computer identifier ER56, and plotter machine identifier Z64 printed lower right hardware: Standard Elektrik Lorenz Computer software: Fortran output machine: Zuse Z64 Graphomat