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.

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917 works

Rabbit by California Computer Products, Inc., 1968

Rabbit Print

Cross by California Computer Products, Inc., 1968

Cross Print

Plate VI by Harold Cohen, 1968

Plate VI Print

Plate IV by Harold Cohen, 1968

Plate IV Print

Plate IX by Harold Cohen, 1968

Plate IX Print

Plate V by Harold Cohen, 1968

Plate V Print

Plate VIII by Harold Cohen, 1968

Plate VIII Print

Plate I by Harold Cohen, 1968

Plate I Print

The Homecoming (portfolio) by Harold Cohen, 1968

The Homecoming (portfolio) Print

Plate VII by Harold Cohen, 1968

Plate VII Print

Plate II by Harold Cohen, 1968

Plate II Print

Plate III by Harold Cohen, 1968

Plate III Print

Kennedy in the Net by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Kennedy in the Net Print

Switched on Bach by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Switched on Bach Sound

Graphic Design, Issue No. 33, Spring (March) 1969 by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Graphic Design, Issue No. 33, Spring (March) 1969 Ephemera

Bijutsu Techo, Issue No. 303, Oct 1968 by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Bijutsu Techo, Issue No. 303, Oct 1968 Ephemera

Collection of Random Windows by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Collection of Random Windows Print

Kennedy in a Rectangle by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Kennedy in a Rectangle Print

March of Polygons by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

March of Polygons Print

Perspective Pillar Collection by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Perspective Pillar Collection Print

Twisted Circle by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Twisted Circle Print

Return to Square (color version) by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Return to Square (color version) Print

Miracle Stones by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Miracle Stones Print

Shot Kennedy No. 2 by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Shot Kennedy No. 2 Print

Cube Kennedy No. 1 by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Cube Kennedy No. 1 Print

Media Transformation through Electronics by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Media Transformation through Electronics Print

Kennedy in a Rectangle (Negative) by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Kennedy in a Rectangle (Negative) Print

Cybernetic Serendipity - Sept 1968 Contemporary Arts Magazine No 6 by Contemporary Arts Magazine, 1968

Cybernetic Serendipity - Sept 1968 Contemporary Arts Magazine No 6 Ephemera

Bearded Man by Charles "Chuck" Csuri, 1968

Bearded Man Plotter

Random War (Motif Editions Poster) by Charles "Chuck" Csuri, 1968

Random War (Motif Editions Poster) Print

Some More Beginnings by Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.), 1968

Some More Beginnings Book

Panel of Human Figures (Motif Editions Poster) by William Alan Fetter, 1968

Panel of Human Figures (Motif Editions Poster) Print

Inspiralation (Computers and Automation Portfolio) by A. M. France, 1968

Inspiralation (Computers and Automation Portfolio) Print

Eye of the Beholder / Eye II by Suzanne L. Hanauer, 1968

Eye of the Beholder / Eye II Plotter

The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age by Karl Gunnar Vougt Pontus Hultén, 1968

The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age Book

International Times #37 August 9, 1968 (v1#37) by International Times, 1968

International Times #37 August 9, 1968 (v1#37) Ephemera

Running Cola is Africa (Motif Editions Poster) by Masao Kohmura, 1968

Running Cola is Africa (Motif Editions Poster) Print

Return to Square (Motif Editions Poster) by Masao Kohmura, 1968

Return to Square (Motif Editions Poster) Print

Running Cola is Africa by Masao Kohmura, 1968

Running Cola is Africa Print

CTG works list and group history, written by hand by Masao Kohmura by Masao Kohmura, 1968

CTG works list and group history, written by hand by Masao Kohmura Ephemera

Asymmetry (Maughanogram) (Motif Editions Poster) by Maughan Sterling Mason, 1968

Asymmetry (Maughanogram) (Motif Editions Poster) Print

Computer-Drawn Dragonfly Pattern (cover of Kagaku Asahi, October 1968) by Naomasa Nakajima, 1968

Computer-Drawn Dragonfly Pattern (cover of Kagaku Asahi, October 1968) Ephemera

Mathematics for the Computer Age コンピュータ時代の数学 by Naomasa Nakajima, 1968

Mathematics for the Computer Age コンピュータ時代の数学 Book

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

Walk Through Raster (7.3-1) Print

Computer Landscape #4 by George Nama, 1968

Computer Landscape #4 Print

Picture Frame by Jeff Raskin, 1968

Picture Frame Plotter

Cybernetic Serendipity: the computer and the arts by Jasia Reichardt, 1968

Cybernetic Serendipity: the computer and the arts Book

3D Checkerboard Pattern (Motif Editions Poster) by Donald K Robbins, 1968

3D Checkerboard Pattern (Motif Editions Poster) Print

Untitled by Osvaldo Romberg, 1968

Untitled Print

Cybernetic Serendipity Music by Peter Schmidt, 1968

Cybernetic Serendipity Music Sound

Cybernetic Serendipity (portfolio) by Kerry Strand, 1968

Cybernetic Serendipity (portfolio) Print

The Snail (Motif Editions Poster) by Kerry Strand, 1968

The Snail (Motif Editions Poster) Print

Computers and Automation Portfolio - A Selection of Winning Entries from the 1968 Computer Art Contest by Kerry Strand, 1968

Computers and Automation Portfolio - A Selection of Winning Entries from the 1968 Computer Art Contest Print

Plexus (Computers and Automation Portfolio) by Kerry Strand, 1968

Plexus (Computers and Automation Portfolio) Print

Hummingbird (Computers and Automation Portfolio) by Kerry Strand, 1968

Hummingbird (Computers and Automation Portfolio) Print

Designs of the Free by Lloyd Sumner, 1968

Designs of the Free Plotter

Computer Art and the Human Response by Lloyd Sumner, 1968

Computer Art and the Human Response Book

London Plotter Drawing 1 by Unknown, 1968

London Plotter Drawing 1 Plotter

London Plotter Drawing 2 by Unknown, 1968

London Plotter Drawing 2 Plotter

Idealized Brush Strokes (Computers and Automation Portfolio) by Evan Harris Walker, 1968

Idealized Brush Strokes (Computers and Automation Portfolio) Print

Palast des Midas by Georg Nees, 1968/1970

Palast des Midas Print

Schotter by Georg Nees, 1968/1970

Schotter Print

Random Walk Kennedy (after CTG, 1968) by Kazufumi Oizumi, 1968/2016

Random Walk Kennedy (after CTG, 1968) Mixed Media

Untitled by Luis Fernando Benedit, 1969

Untitled Print

Untitled by Delesio Antonio Berni, 1969

Untitled Print

HPSCHD by John Cage, 1969

HPSCHD Sound

Arte y Cibernetica (Bonino Gallery Poster) by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1969

Arte y Cibernetica (Bonino Gallery Poster) Ephemera

Bearded Man (generative series) by Charles "Chuck" Csuri, 1969

Bearded Man (generative series) Print

El Tango by Gregorio Dujovny, 1969

El Tango Print

arte y cibernetica by Grupo de Arte y Cibernética Buenos Aires, 1969

arte y cibernetica Book

Seated Nude (AP) by Ken Knowlton, 1969

Seated Nude (AP) Print

Untitled by Eduardo Mac Entyre, 1969

Untitled Print

Computer-Kunst: On the Eve of Tomorrow by Käthe Schröder, 1969

Computer-Kunst: On the Eve of Tomorrow Ephemera

Bijutsu Techō (Issue No. 313, May 5, 1969) by Bijutsu Shuppan-sha, 1969

Bijutsu Techō (Issue No. 313, May 5, 1969) Book

Rolling Stone (February 1, 1969) by Rolling Stone, 1969

Rolling Stone (February 1, 1969) Ephemera

Touch by Morton Subotnick, 1969

Touch Sound

A Tree for Sharing by Lloyd Sumner, 1969

A Tree for Sharing Plotter

Two-Tone by Joel Swartz, 1969

Two-Tone Photocopy

Untitled 2 (from Folgende Folge aus dem Tschechischem) by Zdeněk Sýkora, 1969

Untitled 2 (from Folgende Folge aus dem Tschechischem) Print

Untitled 1 (from Folgende Folge aus dem Tschechischem) by Zdeněk Sýkora, 1969

Untitled 1 (from Folgende Folge aus dem Tschechischem) Print

Generative Structure (2) by Miguel Ángel Vidal, 1969

Generative Structure (2) Print

Generative Structure by Miguel Ángel Vidal, 1969

Generative Structure Print

Music By Computers by Heinz von Förster, 1969

Music By Computers Sound

Untitled (plotter) by Gerhard von Graevenitz, 1969

Untitled (plotter) Plotter

Computer Reels 2 by Lee Adler, 1970

Computer Reels 2 Print

CB 7-70 by Colette Stuebe Bangert, 1970

CB 7-70 Plotter

Untitled by Ernesto Deira, 1970

Untitled Print

Untitled Plotter Drawing 1 by Gary Alfred Demos, 1970

Untitled Plotter Drawing 1 Plotter

Untitled Plotter Drawing 2 by Gary Alfred Demos, 1970

Untitled Plotter Drawing 2 Plotter

Earth's Magnetic Field by Charles Dodge, 1970

Earth's Magnetic Field Sound

Computer House of Cards by Charles Eames, 1970

Computer House of Cards Mixed Media

Tanz der Elektronen by Herbert W. Franke, 1970

Tanz der Elektronen Print

KAES by Herbert W. Franke, 1970

KAES Print

Oszillgrammme by Herbert W. Franke, 1970

Oszillgrammme Print

Beasts in a Field by Grace C. Hertlein, 1970

Beasts in a Field Plotter

Voice of the Computer by Max Vernon Mathews, 1970

Voice of the Computer Sound

Flur Korridor / Hall Corridor by Georg Nees, 1970

Flur Korridor / Hall Corridor Print

Plastik 1 / Sculpture 1 by Georg Nees, 1970

Plastik 1 / Sculpture 1 Print

Plastik 2 / Sculpture 2 by Georg Nees, 1970

Plastik 2 / Sculpture 2 Print

Computergrafik Computerplastik (portfolio) by Georg Nees, 1970

Computergrafik Computerplastik (portfolio) Print

Kugel in einer Kugel / Sphere in a Sphere by Georg Nees, 1970

Kugel in einer Kugel / Sphere in a Sphere Print

Ohne Titel / Untitled (2) by Georg Nees, 1970

Ohne Titel / Untitled (2) Print

Schmetterlingsschwarm / Butterfly Swarm by Georg Nees, 1970

Schmetterlingsschwarm / Butterfly Swarm Print

Ohne Titel (Überlappende Farbformen) / Untitled (Over-lapping Colored Forms) by Georg Nees, 1970

Ohne Titel (Überlappende Farbformen) / Untitled (Over-lapping Colored Forms) Print

Oberflächenverzierung / Surface Ornament by Georg Nees, 1970

Oberflächenverzierung / Surface Ornament Print

Spatial Structure by Georg Nees, 1970

Spatial Structure Print

Ohne Titel / Untitled by Georg Nees, 1970

Ohne Titel / Untitled Print

Computer-Designed Stamps and First Day Issue Postcards by Robert Deodaat Emile “Ootje” Oxenaar, 1970

Computer-Designed Stamps and First Day Issue Postcards Print

Untitled Lithograph (1) by Robert Deodaat Emile “Ootje” Oxenaar, 1970

Untitled Lithograph (1) Print

Untitled Lithograph (2) by Robert Deodaat Emile “Ootje” Oxenaar, 1970

Untitled Lithograph (2) Print

Computer Art Leaflet by Robert Deodaat Emile “Ootje” Oxenaar, 1970

Computer Art Leaflet Ephemera

Five computer graphics (portfolio) by Robert Deodaat Emile “Ootje” Oxenaar, 1970

Five computer graphics (portfolio) Print

Untitled Lithograph (3) by Robert Deodaat Emile “Ootje” Oxenaar, 1970

Untitled Lithograph (3) Print

Untitled Lithograph (5) by Robert Deodaat Emile “Ootje” Oxenaar, 1970

Untitled Lithograph (5) Print

Untitled Lithograph (4) by Robert Deodaat Emile “Ootje” Oxenaar, 1970

Untitled Lithograph (4) Print

Untitled by Rogelio Polesello, 1970

Untitled Print

Carnival (poems) by Ulrich Raschke, 1970

Carnival (poems) Prose/Poetry

Vormgeving en Exacte Discipline – 1 jaar Peter Struycken aan de Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht by Peter Struycken, 1970

Vormgeving en Exacte Discipline – 1 jaar Peter Struycken aan de Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht Print

Possible Ways by Lloyd Sumner, 1970

Possible Ways Print

In Wildness by Lloyd Sumner, 1970

In Wildness Print

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