Henry Lieberman: Munching Squares

Artist(s):

• Henry Lieberman

Title:

Munching Squares

Exhibition:

• SIGGRAPH 1982: Art Show '82

Creation Year:

1981

Medium:

Ektachrome print

Size:

16 5/8 x 24 in.

Category:

• 2D & Wall-Hung

Keywords:

• ektachrome print
• pattern

Artist Statement:

This is a variant of a graphics pattern which appeared on one of the earliest computer graphics systems, the PDP-1 at MIT. The basic pattern is the graph of the x-y coordinates Y=Exclusive-Or(X, T) for successive values of the parameter T. Squares are “eaten away” by a series of four smaller squares along the diagonal. This picture incorporates fifteen of these patterns out of phase in different colors.

Technical Information:

Hardware: MIT Lisp computer, frame buffer
Software: MIT Lisp

Affiliation Where Artwork Was Created:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology