The Computer in Art by Jasia Reichardt
Title: The Computer In Art Author: Jasia Reichardt Format: Book (hardback) Published: 1971
Jasia Reichardt was director of ICA (Institute for Contemporary Arts), London.
This book is totally amazing but obviously out of print now. I want to share some of the beautiful early computer art in the book with you.
The cover illustration is based on a still from a
computer-generated film by Stan Vanderbeek, programmed
with the BEFLIX mosaic system.
Screenshots from the BEFLIX animation system, by Stan Vanderbeek.
"Rectangular Hatchings" (1965) by Frieder Nake.
The random elements include: total number of rectangles, position of rectangles, size of rectangles, direction of lines and selection of drawing pen. I love this piece. The hatchings look like X-rays of microchips.
Leon D. Harmon and Kenneth C. Knowlton (1966). Based on a photgraph of a nude.