Oscillon No. 4 (Electronic Abstraction)

Oscillons

Aka “electronic abstractions”. 1950s Oscilloscope photographies by Ben F. Laposky. Similar to the later “Elektronische Grafiken” by Herbert W. Franke.

“These “Oscillations” were the first graphics made on an analog computer. For many years, they represented the most advanced acheivements of what was known as computer art.” Computer Graphic Timeline, 2008

“Oscillons are, I believe, an excellent example of the possibility of employing modern technology in art and of demonstrating a relationship between science and art. They are also visual manifestations of some of the basic invisible aspects of nature, such as the movement of electrons and energy fields” [Laposky, n. d., quoted from Nitzke, 2008], says Laposky.

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