Digital Art Museum
 
Mark WILSON    
 

Works 1980 - 1985

In 1980, I bought a personal computer with the goal of making artworks. It wasn't immediately clear how I could achieve that goal. There was very little software available, so I began writing my own software. Programming became an exciting process in itself, one that had much in common with my interests as a painter. I rapidly hit on the methodology that I use to the present day: mapping pixels onto surfaces. To solve the problem of creating a physical work of art, I purchased a small pen plotter and began making drawings on paper.

 

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This is an archive of the Digital Art Museum for historical reference.
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untitled
1982
plotter drawing pigmented ink on paper
22" x 38" (560 x 960mm)

 

Skew E9
1982
plotter drawing pigmented ink on paper
22" x 38" (560 x 960mm)

 
 

Skew J17, 1984 plotter drawing 22 x 38 inches (56 x 96 cm.), pigmented ink on paper. Private collection.