Alfred Graßl is mainly known in the art scene for being a member of ars intermedia, a group which he co-founded together with others, like Otto Beckmann. With the latter he produced a series of works on the oscilloscope at the Technical University of Vienna, which they called “Elektronische Computergrafik" [electronic computer graphics] [cf. Oberquelle and Beckmann, 2008].
Alfred Graßl
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| last name: | Graßl |
| first name: | Alfred |
| also known as: | Alfred Grassl |
| birthday: | July 9, 1941 |
| birth-place: | Vienna (Austria) |
Summary
Biography
| 1966–1970 | Assistant professor at the Technical University in Vienna. |
| 1966–1978 | Member of ars intermedia. |
| 1968 | Graßl produced the first computer graphics with Otto Beckmann. They produced a kind of oscillographic images which resulted in painterly, almost Art Informel aetsthetics. |
| 1971-1994 | Graßl worked as a project manager on data-processing projects for the Vienna public transportation authority, as well as for the Austrian Federal Railways. |
| Since 1995 | He is an independent consultant for various international railway companies in Eastern Europe. |
Artist Groups
Works
Exhibitions
References
- Franke, Herbert W. 1972. Computer Art. New Delhi:Mass Communication & Marketing Pvt. Ltd
- Rosen, Margit, ed. 2011. A Little-Known Story about a Movement, a Magazine, and the Computer's Arrival in Art: New Tendencies and Bit International, 1961-1973. Karlsruhe (Germany) & Cambridge, MA (USA):ZKM & MIT Press
- Weibel, Peter & Peer, Peter, eds. 2008. Otto Beckmann Zwischen Mystik und Kalkül. Ehrenstraße 4, 50672 Cologne (Germany):Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln
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