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(🚨)A 30 seconds summary of computer and generative art pioneer Michael Noll, a quick thread:πŸ§΅πŸ––πŸ‘‡ Image
Michael Noll, born in 1939, was an engineer and professor emeritus at the University of Southern California. He is the author of the first computer artwork (1963). This world's first computer art creation was called "Gaussian-Quadratic." Image
Did you know that Michael Noll started computer art by accident? He serendipitously identified the artistic potential of an abstract linear design while looking at a colleague microfilm plotter. Image
Michael Noll joined Frieder Nake and Georg Nees to organize the first computer art exhibition in Europe in 1965 at Technische Hochschule Stuttgart in Germany. Image
It took Michael Noll multiple attempts to copyright his artwork called "Gaussian-Quadratic." The Copyright Office at the Library of Congress refused his request numerous times because "randomness wasn't acceptable." Image
Michael Noll might have been the first researcher to build a hardware haptic device to be used in what would be known today as the Metaverse. In 1971 he filled a patent for a "Tactile Man-Machine Communications System." Image
In 1966 he published results inspired by the "Turing test" where he asked 100 people to differentiate between a drawing from Mondrian and a drawing made by a computer. Only 28% identified the computer-generated picture, and 59% preferred it compared to the hand-drawn version. Image
Do you want to learn more about the history of computer and generative arts?
Don't miss out my thread about Vera Molnar:
Discover the pioneer of computer generative art from Japan:
Curious about a woman who created generative arts without a computer?
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May 4, 2022
A quick thread about Robert Mallary, the artist who wrote with the help of his son an algorithm to create the very first computer-generated physical sculpture in 1968. Read on to discover more:
Robert Mallary (1917 - 1997) was an American abstractionist and a true pioneer in computer generative art. Famous for his work with found objects and resin, he was well known for his "junk art," also sometimes referred to as "Neo-Dada."
While Ben Laposky was working on his epic collection called "Oscillons" in 1953, Robert Mallary released in 1951 his series called "Luminous Mobiles." As much as there's a resemblance between the two, it's essential to note that Mallary was not using only analog materials.
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Apr 16, 2022
1/ A quick thread about Joan Shogren, the secretary who convinced Chemists to create the very first algorithm to generate computer generative art.
2/ Joan Shogren (1932-2020) was a true pioneer in computer generative art. As soon as 1963, she believed computers should be able to create artworks if they were given "rules of art."
3/ Five years before Sol Lewitt and his "Wall drawing" Joan convinced a potential graduate student called Jim Larsen and Dr. Ralph Fessenden an assistant of chemistry, to convert her instructions into a computer program.
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Mar 24, 2022
Everything you need to know before minting your first artwork on Solana. My experience minting Generative art and 1/1 on Solana since December 2021. A whole thread to help you get started: πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡πŸ––
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Jan 31, 2022
(🚨) A 30-second summary about Sonia Delaunay, a pioneer of abstraction and an endless source of inspiration for computer generative artists, a thread: πŸ§΅πŸ––πŸ‘‡ Image
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Dec 27, 2021
(🚨) A 30-second summary about a legendary computer generative artist, Mark Wilson, a Thread: πŸ‘€πŸ‘‡πŸ§΅β¬‡οΈ Image
Mark Wilson was born in 1943 in Oregon. He started using computers in 1980 and started to learn and invent his procedures to create computer generative art. His first computer was a Texas Instruments 99/4a Image
In 1985 he wrote a classic book revered by many creative coders to this day; it's called "Drawing with computers." Image
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(🚨) 7 things you may not know about Desmond Paul Henry, one of the first computer art pioneers. A thread: πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡πŸ–– Image
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