Four-Panel Oscilloscope Photo

1958-1959 (ca)

Oscilloscope/Light Photo

4 panel oscilloscope photo.

Oscilloscope Collection Female Pioneer

Description

Mary Ellen Bute’s Oscilloscope Photographs signal the beginnings of printed art made with electric machines. By manipulating and photographing images of electronic pulses using an oscilloscope, Bute created a series of images that captured electronic squiggles, dances, and curves.

This piece combines four oscilloscope photos into one print. At least one of the four images is from Bute’s film New Sensations in Sound.

Acquired from the Center for Visual Music

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

Untitled Oscilloscope Photograph (negative #1) Mary Ellen Bute1951-1952 (ca) Oscilloscope

Abstronic Production Material by Mary Ellen Bute, 1952

Abstronic Production Material Mary Ellen Bute1952 Print

Abstronic Mary Ellen Bute1952 Film

Abstronic Set by Mary Ellen Bute, 1951-1952 (ca)

Abstronic Set Mary Ellen Bute1951-1952 (ca) Oscilloscope

Abstronic Sketch #2 by Mary Ellen Bute, 1951-1952 (ca)

Abstronic Sketch #2 Mary Ellen Bute1951-1952 (ca) Oscilloscope

Untitled Double Oscilloscope Photograph (negative #3) by Mary Ellen Bute, 1951-1952 (ca)

Untitled Double Oscilloscope Photograph (negative #3) Mary Ellen Bute1951-1952 (ca) Oscilloscope

Untitled Oscilloscope Photograph (negative #2) by Mary Ellen Bute, 1951-1952 (ca)

Untitled Oscilloscope Photograph (negative #2) Mary Ellen Bute1951-1952 (ca) Oscilloscope

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

Untitled Double Oscilloscope Photograph (photograph #1) Mary Ellen Bute1951-1952 (ca) Oscilloscope