Transjovian Pipeline

1979

16"x20"
Cibachrome

Highlights The Ragnar 100

Description

Transjovian Pipeline (1979), was created by David Em while he was the artist-in-residence at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Inspired by the flybys of Jupiter and Saturn by Voyager I and II, and created on advanced DEC minicomputers, its 3D rendering was years ahead of other works of the time, and became one of those most reprinted computer images of the 1980s, showing up on posters, books, magazines, and more.

The piece was critical in helping the general public to accept the general use of computers, and to understand that computers were fun and capable of improving their everyday lives, not just for governments and big corporations.

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Portrait of Louis - July 24, 1979. Tuesday. 35 years old. by Unknown, 1979

Portrait of Louis - July 24, 1979. Tuesday. 35 years old. Unknown1979 Dot-Matrix

Computer Printed Fleece Dress by Elisabeth De Senneville, 1979

Computer Printed Fleece Dress Elisabeth De Senneville1979 Drawing

JFK Jean-Pierre Vasarely1979 Print

Abraham Lincoln by Jean-Pierre Vasarely, 1979

Abraham Lincoln Jean-Pierre Vasarely1979 Print

Latin Girls Enrique Castro-Cid1979 Painting

Sphere Jean-Pierre Vasarely1979 Print