KIOSK: Manfred Mohr
Manfred Mohr (DE)
P-1272, 2007 – 2008
Custom software, PC and LCD-screens
Courtesy DAM[berlin]
Manfred Mohr is a pioneer of digital art, working exclusively with computers and the logics of programming since 1968. P-1272 is based on the 11-d hypercube, which contains a graphic repertoire of an unimaginable 40 Billion possible "diagonal-paths" connecting two opposite points in a hypercube. The right screen shows a graphic construct consisting of 2 to 10 diagonal paths rotating in slow motion and all colors change randomly every 10 seconds. Single diagonal-paths fade in or out during the color changes in a cyclic but random order so that the back most diagonal-path always moves to the front. The last image, before each color change, is sent from the right screen to the left screen and stays there until the following image is received 10 seconds later.
The underlying logic of this work is similar to the rules of "serial music" in which each element of a series of elements has to appear at least once before the series can be repeated.
Manfred Mohr (DE) is part of the KIOSK-gallery, curated by Yves Bernard and Domenico Quaranta.
