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Early Computer Art in the 50s and 60s
A deep dive on the early days of creative computing coming to life. Punch cards, plotters, light pens and lots more.
This 8×10” plotter art features “Meaningful Nonsense” text written in a spiral in the artist’s coded handwriting. Both the text and the handwriting are created using algorithms written by the artist in Javascript. The piece is drawn onto paper by an Axidraw plotter.
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A deep dive on the early days of creative computing coming to life. Punch cards, plotters, light pens and lots more.