Achsenparalleler Polygonzug (25/02/65 Nr. 13)

Nake_AchsenparallelerPolygonenzug_Nr13_1965

B/W print in Programm-Information PI-21, p. 15

The random points, of which only the horizontal respectively the vertical coordinate is changing, are connected in the order of their generation. A certain regularity is due to the type of pseudo random numbers (Van der Corput numbers) used. Modulo 1 results in changes from one image border to the other. The horizontal segments vary only insignificantly in their length.
[cf. Nake et al., 1966, p. 7]

Created 1965 in Stuttgart, Germany.

Artwork Type: drawing

Material:

drawing, b/w, computer-generated

Size: 20 × 20 cm
Hardware: ZUSE Graphomat Z64
Program: COMPART ER 56

Algorithm: A trivial algorithm is generating this trivial kind of drawing: take turns in drawing the next line segment horizontally or vertically, randomly choose to go right or left, or up or down, resp. The next point along the chosen line and direction is determi

Cited in: Programm-Information PI-21