Media: ZUSE Graphomat Z64 plotter drawing on paper

Hommage à Paul Klee, 13/9/65 Nr. 2 (Homage to Paul Klee)

Created in 1965 by Frieder Nake

artist’s name, computer identifier, and plotter identifier printed lower left hardware: Standard Elektrik Lorenz ER56 software: COMPART ER65 software output machine: Zuse Graphomat Z64 Description of the artwork is courtesy of Technische Hochschule, Stuttgart (Stuttgart Technology University of Applied Sciences): “This drawing is one of the most often cited in books and articles about the […]


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 […]


13/9/65 No. 5

Created in 1965 by Frieder Nake

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


Matrizenmultiplikation Serie 29 (Matrix Multiplication)

Created in 1967 by Frieder Nake

artist’s name, computer identifier (TR4), plotter machine identifier (Z64), title, and date printed lower left hardware: Telefunken-Rechner 4 Computer output machine: Zuse Z64 Graphomat Plotter Description of the artwork is courtesy of the artist: “Nine states of a sequence of “powers” of an initially randomly determined so-called stochastic diagonal matrix are drawn and shown in […]


Walk-Through-Raster Series 7.3-1

Created in 1968 by Frieder Nake

signed and dated lower right on the paper computer used to create the image: Telefunken TR4 using Algol 60 and custom software Walk Through Raster machine used to draw the image: ZUSE Graphomat Z64


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