2022/03/08

Computer Art Pioneer Herbert W. Franke, 94, Arrives on Twitter

At 94 years of age, Austrian computer art pioneer Herbert W. Franke sends his first tweet. Wowing his (quickly accumulating) followers with one of his Oszillogramme, a series of photographic captures of oscilloscope forms Franke generated with a DIY analog computer in 1954, the artist, scientist, writer, and Ars Electronica co-founder pledges to share more of his art on social media—much to the delight of Twitter’s digital art community.

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