1965 computer art contest: the first algorithmic art covers, digitized
Merzmensch · x · 2026-11-11
The August 1965 Computers and Automation cover was A. Michael Noll's "Computer Composition With Lines," inspired by Mondrian, with randomly placed bars shortened along a parabolic region. The issue also featured Noll's "Gaussian Quadratic" and CalComp plotter patterns; the 1964 contest was won by the U.S. Army Ballistic Research Labs plotting projectile trajectories. Early history of computer-generated art.
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