With this work phase
(1969-72), a logical and automatic construction of pictures is
introduced into my work. For the first time algorithms (rules
with a beginning and an ending) are used to calculate the images.
My consequent thinking is rendered visible through computer
programs I wrote. The resulting drawings were realized by a computer
controlled drawing machine (plotter). With a choice of different line
characteristics,
an alphabet of arbitrary generated elements is created. Individual
algorithms are invented for each work from which all forms and
structures are solely generated. The algorithms are built from
imposed as well as from random selection principles which I
called "aesthetical-filters".
Exhibition catalogs:
Manfred Mohr, "Computer Graphics,
Une esthétique programée", ARC - Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, 1971
(catalog and show)
Manfred Mohr, "Drawings Dessins Zeichnungen Dibujos",
Galerie Weiller, Paris and Galerie Gilles Gheerbrant, Montreal, 1974
(catalog and show)