Untitled Computer-Generated Choreogramme (for Otto Beckmann)

1966

Plotter Drawing

The Ragnar 100

Description

This work originated in a cross-disciplinary collaboration between Frieder Nake and Austrian artist Otto Beckmann, who was developing experimental “light ballets” animated through ultraviolet projections. Nake generated algorithmic plotter drawings—randomized spiral paths produced on a Graphomat Z64—which Beckmann then transformed into time-based choreogrammes of moving light. The drawing functions as a score: a record of motion translated from computation into performance. By introducing chance operations into the plotted paths, Nake provided Beckmann with structures that resisted predictability while remaining formally coherent. The resulting exchange expanded computer art beyond static images, demonstrating how algorithmic systems could generate trajectories, rhythms, and temporal experiences across media.

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Walk-Through-Raster Vancouver Version Frieder Nake1972 Print

Walk Through Raster (7.3-1) by Frieder Nake, 1968

Walk Through Raster (7.3-1) Frieder Nake1968 Print

Nr. 6 Frieder Nake1965 Plotter

Hommage à Paul Klee by Frieder Nake, 1966

Hommage à Paul Klee Frieder Nake1966 Plotter

16 4 66 Multiple Artists1966 Print

futura 13 - frieder nake - computer grafik by Frieder Nake, 1966

futura 13 - frieder nake - computer grafik Frieder Nake1966 Print