Explore the History of Computer Art

The Ragnar Digital Collection is one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive collections of computer and digital art.

Browse the collection below. Or take a tour, learn about the history, read about the artists, create your own art.

Untitled Oscilloscope Photograph (negative #1) by Mary Ellen Bute, 1951-1952 (ca)

Untitled Oscilloscope Photograph (negative #1) Oscilloscope

Stochastische Texte (Augenblick 1'4) by Theo Lutz, 1959

Stochastische Texte (Augenblick 1'4) Prose/Poetry

Music From Mathematics (Box Set) by Max Vernon Mathews, 1960-1961

Music From Mathematics (Box Set) Sound

Cibernetik 5.3 by John Stehura, 1960-1964

Cibernetik 5.3 Film

Untitled from Drawing Machine One by Desmond Paul Henry, 1961

Untitled from Drawing Machine One Machine Drawing

Nr. 6 by Frieder Nake, 1965

Nr. 6 Plotter

rot 19 - computer-grafik by Georg Nees, 1965

rot 19 - computer-grafik Book

3:4 rV (computer generated sculpture) by Johan Severtson, 1966

3:4 rV (computer generated sculpture) Sculpture

Boeing Man: Human Figure, Extreme Reaching Pose (Drawings by Computer: Human-Figure Studies 1555046) by William Alan Fetter, 1967

Boeing Man: Human Figure, Extreme Reaching Pose (Drawings by Computer: Human-Figure Studies 1555046) Print

Computergrafik Computerplastik (portfolio) by Georg Nees, 1970

Computergrafik Computerplastik (portfolio) Print

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