#laposky

[yewknee]

Oscillon 40 (1952) / Oscillon 1049 (1960) Ben F. Laposky

[44thfloor]

Benjamin Francis Laposky (1914–2000) was a mathematician, artist and draftsman in Cherokee, Iowa. He has been credited with making the first computer graphics, utilizing an oscilloscope as the creation medium for abstract art. In 1953 he released what he called "Oscillons" (or oscillogram designs) along with a corresponding thesis entitled "Electronic Abstractions" via a gallery exhibition of fifty pictures of the same name at Sanford Museum in Cherokee

[haydnj]

Oscillon 520

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One of Laposky's Oscillon works. Need to get the V&A as soon as possible. According to Wikipedia only a fraction of his output is still with us.