Ars Electronica Festival · 1988
Time as Code: Chronokratie
by Peter Weibel
🏆 Award of Distinction · Prix Ars Electronica 1988
“Time as Code: Chronokratie” by Peter Weibel received an Award of Distinction in the Computer Animation category of the Prix Ars Electronica 1988. Peter Weibel has 2 more works in this atlas.
In “Time as Code: Chronokratie”, a grid of horizontal lines was created with the computer (IBM AT with Targa 16 card, Artworks Environment and Tips software). This grid was then superposed in 2 to 6 layers and logically and systematically programmed to spatial vectors: countersensed, symmetrically, vertically…
About Peter Weibel
Peter Weibel, born 1945 in Odessa, ranks among the most important representatives of contemporary art in Austria. He was one of the first to get entangled with video art and consequently with computer art in this country.
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