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Manfred Mohr „Vom Rhythmus zum Algorithmus“ (From Rhythm to Algorithm), German/English edition, Modo 2017 Exhibition catalogue – the book was published on the occasion of the self-titled retrospective exhibition (spanning roughly 5 decades) in Mohr’s city of birth, Pforzheim (South-West Germany) The title gives a hint on Mohr’s artistic background as well as his artistic development from a Tachysm/Hard-Edge painter to an early artist working with the computer and algorithms. But also from being a sought-after jazz musician to becoming a full-time visual artist and a pioneer of digital art. A 🧵 — 1/4
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Manfred Mohr — 3/4 Inspired by his friendships with French composer Pierre Barbaud and German philosopher Max Bense, Mohr learned the FORTRAN programming language and started to use the computer to generate his works by algorithms. He was able to use the data center at the French National Institute for Meteorology, where Vera Molnár would create much of her works as well. Really interesting is, that in contrast to other pioneers like Frieder Lake or Georg Nees, Mohr did not have a computer-engineer or mathematical background, but turned to the computer as a logical consequence in the pursuit of his artistic vision. He already was a well-received painter and had to face a lot of headwinds now solely using the computer to „produce“ his art. L: Inversion logique II, computer-generated and plotted on paper, 1970 R: Divisibility II, acrylic on wood, 1984
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