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THOUGHT HOLDERS, 1969
Frederick Hammersleyexpand_more
Computer-generated drawing on paperexpand_more
Gift of the Frederick Hammersley Foundationexpand_more 2017.151.1
Not on Viewexpand_more
In 1969, while teaching at the University of New Mexico, Frederick Hammersley began a year-long experiment making abstract drawings with the aid of a mainframe computer and line printers. At the time, computer-generated art was still in its infancy, and his efforts were groundbreaking and favorably received by critics and peers. Members of the University’s computing department assisted Hammersley in producing his drawings by programing the department’s computer to compose images from modified text and numerical elements. Simple and disarmingly playful, Hammersley’s computer drawings were part of a wave of postwar creative experimentation with emergent technology.
Details
- Title
- THOUGHT HOLDERS
- Artist Life
- 1919–2009
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2017.151.1
- Provenance
- The artist; New Mexico; Frederick Hammersley Foundation, Albuquerque, N.M.; given to MIA, 2017.
- Curator Approved
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