Hans E. Dehlinger: b97.9.3

Artist(s):

• Hans E. Dehlinger

Title:

b97.9.3

Exhibition:

• SIGGRAPH 1998: Touchware

Creation Year:

1997

Medium:

Chinese ink on paper

Size:

50.5" x 35.2"

Category:

• 2D & Wall-Hung

Keywords:

• algorithm
• computer art

Artist Statement:

Touching is a very broad concept. In these images, lines are playing a game of touching, of near-touching, of avoiding, of seeking, of crossing and intermingling: a manifestation of the purity of the line and an invitation to meditate.

Algorithmically generated drawings, drawn on a pen plotter, constitute a very small segment within the area of computer artwork. It is this small segment, however, which I find most fascinating. This has to do with the archaic notion of a mechanical extension to the drawing hand, unlocking a universe of machine-generated drawings utterly different from hand drawings.