... research, experiment, art.
Catch a glimpse of Manfed Mohr´s work
from his early algorithmic inscriptions
to the carved out projections
of multidimensional constructions.
The »red« edition was a brain child
of Max Bense, a significant theorist of
information aesthetics and supporter
of early computer art.
On display ist the first decade of
the edition, including important
publications on computer art.
Plus a list of the 40+1.
The Cybernetic Serendipity exhibition
held in London 1968 was the first
major show dedicated to computer art.
See seven authentic prints of iconic
computer graphics presented in this
legendary exhibition.
A group of computer graphic specialists
and an artist created a variety of
computer graphics in 1971/72.
See their algorithmic works which are
brilliant examples of early
mainframe experimentalism.
The computer graphic »Kubo-Oktaeder«
is a co-production of the computer art pioneer
Georg Nees and the architect Ludwig Rase.
The motif is a symbol for the introduction of
the computer in the world of architecture.
In the late 1960s the German photographer
Gottfried Jaeger coined the term
»Generative Photography«.
The generative photographic image
does not reflect the »outside«,
it is abstract and comes from within
the photographic apparatus. The image
is based on (analog) programs
and technical parameters ...
Will machines take over the art
world? In 1972 computer artists
entered the official art market
by the help of a Canadian gallerist and
editeur, Gilles Gheerbrant.
His »Art Ex Machina« edition
was a milestone for computer art ...
art ex machina (georg nees) 
