Wolfgang Baumer studied design at the WKS-Munster and the College of Design in Offenbach/Main. Since the early 1960s, the artist had been interested in the Constructivist pictorial language, attributing outstanding significance to the square:
“At the beginning of my study of design, I already ‘encountered’ the square in Avignon. That was in 1960. Since that time, I have been seeking evidence, aiming to investigate the philosophy of the square through constructive and electronic experiments in design.” 5He created plotter drawing computer graphics in 1963/64 at the design department of the Bayer-Werke in Leverkausen working with a technician. As so often in early computer graphics, these works also functioned as preparatory patterns for reproduction through black/white serigraphs due to technical difficulties and accsessability to print graphics using a large plotter.
