Drakula 6

1970-1971

Plotter Drawing

6/15 drawings
8.25"x11.5" (A4)

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Description

Herbert W. Franke’s “Drakula” series of 1970/71 emerged from—and for him exemplified—the artist’s “rational theory of art,” which contends that aesthetic creation and perception can be quantified using the mathematical discipline of information theory.

The name of the series is composed from the first, third, and seventh syllables of the computer program created to generate the works, Drachenkurven, überlagert (Dragon curves, superimposed). First discovered by NASA physicists in 1966, the dragon curve is now a well-known type of fractal curve.

Franke was not yet coding himself so he collaborated on the program with computer scientist Josef Vordermaier. The graphics, consisting of whole or fragmented dragon curves in various configurations, were generated on the Siemens 4004 computer and printed with a plotter.

Drakula Herbert W. Franke1971/2023 Print

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Tanz der Elektronen by Herbert W. Franke, 1970

Tanz der Elektronen Herbert W. Franke1970 Print

Fraktal Herbert W. Franke1985 Print

Oszillgrammme by Herbert W. Franke, 1970

Oszillgrammme Herbert W. Franke1970 Print

Munich Round Up (MRU) No. 119 by Herbert W. Franke, 1971

Munich Round Up (MRU) No. 119 Herbert W. Franke1971 Ephemera

Kleeblatt (Dibias) by Herbert W. Franke, 1985

Kleeblatt (Dibias) Herbert W. Franke1985 Print