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In collaboration with the artist, Peter Henne wrote the computer program that generated and manipulated the curves.  These algebraic curves formed the basic element of the image, and the computer program produced a series of slow, step-by-step superpositions and tranformations. The curves could be enlarged, lengthened, or reduced, for example, producing sequences and patterns\r\n\r\nHerbert W. Franke is a pioneering figure in the history of computer art.  In 1971, he produced one of the first accounts of computer art entitled 'Computer graphics - Computer art'.  In 1979, he co-founded the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria, an annual event that unites art and technology.  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The computer program ran a series of slow, step-by-step transformations, to produce elegant sequences and patterns. \r\n\r\nScreenprint \r\nGiven by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Patric Prince \r\nMuseum no. E.1068-2008","date":{"text":"07/12/2009 - 20/06/2010","earliest":"2009-12-07","latest":"2010-06-20"}}],"partNumbers":["E.1068-2008"],"accessionNumberNum":"1068","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":2008,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-21","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-08","availableToBook":false}}