====== Seven Metamorphoses of the "Scientific-Artistic-Transcendental" Pixel – "[Digital] [Neo-]Pointillistic" CyberneticArt Point of View ====== **//__bcd CyberneticArt team__//** (Königswinter_Berlin_Zagreb):\\ **Miro A. Cimerman** & **Dunja Donassy-Bonačić** Following our //bcd CyberneticArt team// contribution at the [[https://wiki.vcfb.de/2020/start?id=ausstellungen#bcd_team_collection_usage_of_project-oriented_computers_beyond_hobbyism_in_pace_with_computer_technology_advancement_since_1950s_onward|last year Virtual Exhibition]] @ VCFB 2020 ([[https://wiki.vcfb.de/2020/bcd_cyberneticart_team|Details Page]]) we continue this year @ VCFB 2021 with the revealment of the __newest exploration__ into **digitality**, by means of “Hidden [Digital] Data Structures” (© //bcd team//; WIP), of our //CyberneticArt// __oeuvre__ and accompanying __media archeological__ **digitalization** of our //CyberneticArt __Archive__//. Our principal interest was, and still is, in deciphering complex dynamic structures of "behaviour" of the Galois Fields, in particular GF(2), through visual and audible effects by usage of interactive [digital] computer systems applying the "Hidden [Digital] Data Structures Method" (© //bcd team//).\\ (//bcd CyberneticArt team // __oeuvre__:[[https://zkm.de/en/event/2019/11/vladimir-bonacic-bcd-cyberneticart|Artists' Talk/Lecture @ ZKM 2019]] [[https://zkm.de/en/media/video/vladimir-bonacic-bcd-cyberneticart-team-cyberneticart|accompanying video]]) This year __premier__ **Interactive Virtual Exhibition** (__jubilee__; a __50th anniversary of //bcd team//__) comprises a thematic __representative sample__ of our //CyberneticArt// works created with many generations of [un]conventional [Digital] Computer Systems we used and/or own[ed]/devised in our art, design and research projects by various modalities ([[https://wiki.vcfb.de/2020/bcd_cyberneticart_team|more about]]). It is focused primarily on [**Téchne-Lógos**] **Pixel** and based on our "__[**Digital**] [**Neo-**]**Pointillistic**“ //CyberneticArt// **Point of View** //Principle//__ (© //bcd team//), showing hitherto our intensions in introducing and improving "**pixel processes**", "**pixel graphics**", "**pixel sculptures**", and "**pixel installations**". We tried to find “__interconnecting link[s]__” for all of our artworks. In “media archeological” approach, we used a “__[sub]atomization__” of each single artwork analyzing the key fundamental factors. One of our discoveries was: __**PIXEL**__ = well known as any of the __very small discrete elements__ (__dots__) that together constitute an image (form the picture), as on a television or digital screen, computer monitor, etc. Starting point (__Static__ **Scientific Pixel**) is to be found in the then (mid 1960ies) newly established “Laboratory for Cybernetics”, organizationally located in the “Department for Nuclear Physics” of the Croatian National Research “Institute Ruđer Bošković” (IRB | Zagreb). There, a historical encounter brought artists and scientists together. The organizers of [__New__] __Tendencies__(*), in their search for scientists and desire for creative cooperation in the Program “__Computers and Visual Research__”, came in contact with nearly 30-year-old Vladimir Bonačić (member of the Laboratory, already a respected scientist and computer expert, later in 1971 founding member of //bcd CyberneticArt team//) and aroused his interest and motivation. Already in his premier artwork (“IRB 8-9” in 1968 @ t4 exhibition “Computers and Visual Research”) Vladimir transformed __Static__ **Scientific Pixel** and invented out of it Proto-[Intelligent] [Interactive] __Dynamic__ __Graphic__ **Artistic Pixel** for use in art ([[https://wiki.vcfb.de/2021/bcd_cyberneticart_team#st_metamorphosis|more about]]).\\ (*)Link [__New__] __Tendencies__: [[http://www02.zkm.de/bit/index.php?lang=en|"bit INTERNATIONAL"@ZKM 2008/2009]] [[https://zkm.de/en/media/video/bit-international-nove-tendencije|Accompanying Trailer]] In the next year (1969), for the second part of the t4 exhibition “__Computers and Visual Research__”, Vladimir applied newly invented __Dynamic__ __Graphic__ **Artistic Pixel** for use in art([[https://wiki.vcfb.de/2021/bcd_cyberneticart_team#st_metamorphosis|more about]]). He presented series of 15 own artworks and was awarded with the recognition prize of the International Art Jury of t4 (among others Umberto Eco as juror). Following years brought hitherto numerous artworks of Vladimir alone and together with //bcd CyberneticArt team//, resulting in additional __pixel transformations__ and further //__Pixel Metamorphoses__//. The culmination was already in 1980ies with the invention of [Intelligent] [Interactive] __Timeless & Spaceless__ **Transcendental Pixel**, by //bcd CyberneticArt team//, thus concluding the //__Seven Metamorphoses__// in the complete //CyberneticArt// œuvre ([[https://wiki.vcfb.de/2021/bcd_cyberneticart_team#th_metamorphosis3|more about]]). We show selection of some typical examples for each //Metamorphosis// depicting characteristics of each pixel type. The [[https://wiki.vcfb.de/2021/bcd_cyberneticart_team#seven_metamorphoses_of_the_scientific-artistic-transcendental_pixel_digital_neo-_pointillistic_cyberneticart_point_of_view|(7)]] [[https://wiki.vcfb.de/2021/bcd_cyberneticart_team#seven_metamorphoses_of_the_scientific-artistic-transcendental_pixel_digital_neo-_pointillistic_cyberneticart_point_of_view|Seven Metamorphoses]] are chronologically and thematically ordered from //Metamorphosis// of __Static__ **Scientific Pixel** into: |[[https://wiki.vcfb.de/2021/bcd_cyberneticart_team#st_metamorphosis|(1st)]]|=> Proto-[Intelligent] [Interactive] __Dynamic__ __Graphic__ **Artistic** **Pixel**| |[[https://wiki.vcfb.de/2021/bcd_cyberneticart_team#nd_metamorphosis|(2nd)]]|=> [Interactive] __Monochrome Bulb__ plain or + __Color Film/Glass__ __Visual__ Pixel| |[[https://wiki.vcfb.de/2021/bcd_cyberneticart_team#rd_metamorphosis|(3rd)]]|=> [Interactive] __Monochrome Milky Bulb__ __Public Urban Space__ __Visual__ Pixel| |[[https://wiki.vcfb.de/2021/bcd_cyberneticart_team#th_metamorphosis|(4th)]]|=> [Interactive] __Glow Lamp__ __Visual__ Pixel| |[[https://wiki.vcfb.de/2021/bcd_cyberneticart_team#th_metamorphosis1|(5th)]]|=> [Interactive] __Monochrome Bulb__+__Color Glass__ **Proto-Audio&Visual** **Pixel**| |[[https://wiki.vcfb.de/2021/bcd_cyberneticart_team#th_metamorphosis2|(6th)]]|=> Proto-[...] [...] __LED__ (point, line, suface, space) __Visual__ Pixel| |[[https://wiki.vcfb.de/2021/bcd_cyberneticart_team#th_metamorphosis3|(7th)]]|=> Proto-[...] [...] __Timeless & Spaceless__ **Transcendental Pixel**| ------- =====(1st) Metamorphosis===== => Proto-[Intelligent] [Interactive] __Dynamic__ __Graphic__ **Artistic** **Pixel**\\ {{ wiki:spectrum_pdp_8_irb_9_triptich_1968_cm1.jpg }} **__Men__** & **__Machine__ visual __on-line__ communication** with **__minicomputer PDP 8__** (DEC) connected via **A/D** and **D/A** converters to the **Light Pen** System & **oscilloscope** for displaying “**pixel**” **graphics** on the **CRT screen**. __Middle__ (__from left__): TTY, PDP 8, A/D and D/A converters, oscilloscope with CRT screen, light pen stylus. The System was constructed in mid 1960s at The Laboratory for Cybernetics (IRB | Zagreb) and used for __scientific research__, mainly in __nuclear spectroscopy__ (__Leftmost__: Van de Graaff experiment, 6Li+3He=>p+a+a, 3.0 MeV, 35.7o, -37.5o; illustration of __Static__ **Scientific Pixel**), but also by **Vladimir Bonačić** __for art purposes__ in his pioneering use of “Computers and Visual Research” since 1968 onward (__Rightmost__: “IRB 8-9, V.B. 1968”; illustration of __Dynamic__ __Graphic__ **Artistic Pixel**).\\ [text will be updated] {{ wiki:6-10_9-10_5-08_triptich_1969_cm1.jpg?400 }} Illustration of __Dynamic__ __Graphic__ **Artistic** **Pixel**:\\ Details from "PLN Series, V.B. 1969" @ t4 Exhibition “Computers and Visual Research”\\ [text will be updated] [[https://wiki.vcfb.de/2021/bcd_cyberneticart_team#seven_metamorphoses_of_the_scientific-artistic-transcendental_pixel_digital_neo-_pointillistic_cyberneticart_point_of_view|(↑)]] =====(2nd) Metamorphosis===== => [Interactive] __**Monochrome Bulb**__ plain or + __**Color Film/Glass**__ __Visual__ Pixel\\ {{ wiki:random 63_triptych_cm1.jpg }} **Monochrome Bulb** (plain). "**Random 63, V.B. 1969**" [text will be updated] {{ wiki:din 100_triptych_CM0.jpg }} **Monochrome Bulb** + **Color Film**. "**Dynamic Object DIN. GF 100, V.B. 1969**"\\ [text will be updated] [[https://wiki.vcfb.de/2021/bcd_cyberneticart_team#seven_metamorphoses_of_the_scientific-artistic-transcendental_pixel_digital_neo-_pointillistic_cyberneticart_point_of_view|(↑)]] =====(3rd) Metamorphosis===== => [Interactive] __Monochrome Milky Bulb__ __**Public Urban Space**__ __Visual__ Pixel\\ {{ wiki:nama_4x_cm0.jpg }} "**Pixel Installation**" in **Public Urban Space** (by V. Bonačić)\\ premier exhibited at tendencies 4, Zagreb 1969.\\ (DIN. PR 18, V.B. 1969, Kvaternik Square, Zagreb; **upper left** and **right**: detail)\\ followed by two other "Pixel Installations" in Public Spaces, Zagreb until 1971\\ (**lower left**: DIN. PR 10, 1971, NaMa Ilica, Zagreb)\\ (**lower right**: DIN. PR 16, 1971, NaMa Kvaternik Square, Zagreb).\\ [text will be updated] [[https://wiki.vcfb.de/2021/bcd_cyberneticart_team#seven_metamorphoses_of_the_scientific-artistic-transcendental_pixel_digital_neo-_pointillistic_cyberneticart_point_of_view|(↑)]] =====(4th) Metamorphosis===== => [Interactive] __**Glow Lamp**__ __Visual__ Pixel\\ {{ wiki:gf._e_16_s_s_ns_triptych_cm0.jpg }} **Left**: "Dynamic Object GF.E 16 S, V.B. 1969-1970"\\ **Middle**: Insight into "Dynamic Object GF.E 16 S, V.B. 1969-1970"\\ **Right**: "Dynamic Object GF.E 16 NS, V.B. 1969-1970" {{ wiki:gf._e_32_ns_triptych_cm1.jpg }} "**Dynamic Object GF.E 32 NS, V.B. 1969-1970**", Interactive //CyberneticArt// "**Glow Lamp Visual Pixel Installation**" by //bcd team//. Recently: at __Cleveland__'s __Triennial__ "__FRONT International__" (July 14 - September 30, 2018), and __ZKM__'s "__Writing the History of the Future__" (23.02.2019 - 09.01.2022), and __ZDF__’s __Virtual Museum__, Digital Art Hall, ZDFmediathek “__Computable – Incomputable__” (30.10.2020 - 30.09.2021).\\ Link [[http://www.zdf.de/kultur/digitale-kunsthalle/videos/bonacic-100.html |ZDF Virtual Museum]] [text will be updated] [[https://wiki.vcfb.de/2021/bcd_cyberneticart_team#seven_metamorphoses_of_the_scientific-artistic-transcendental_pixel_digital_neo-_pointillistic_cyberneticart_point_of_view|(↑)]] =====(5th) Metamorphosis===== => [Interactive] __Monochrome Bulb__+__Color Glass__ **Proto-Audio&Visual** Pixel\\ {{ wiki:gf._e_16_4_triptych_cm1.jpg }} **Left**: "Dynamic Object GF.E 16,4 NS C M, V.B. 1969-1971". Detail, Front Side\\ **Middle**: "Dynamic Object GF.E 16,4 NS C M, V.B. 1969-1971" @ Exhibion ZKM 2008-2009\\ **Right**: "Dynamic Object GF.E 16,4 NS C M, V.B. 1969-1971" @ Exhibion ZKM 2008-2009.\\ The visual and audible patterns, the appearance of their combinations, the rhythm of the change and the surround sound distribution originate from the same information source (Galois Fields) and are thus intrinsically interwoven.\\ Four independent acoustic channels with 4 loud-speakers (“**QuadroSound**”) make it possible to experience and immerse spectators into “**Dynamic Acoustic & Visual Space**” – “**Listen Pictures & See Music**” performance. [text will be updated] [[https://wiki.vcfb.de/2021/bcd_cyberneticart_team#seven_metamorphoses_of_the_scientific-artistic-transcendental_pixel_digital_neo-_pointillistic_cyberneticart_point_of_view|(↑)]] =====(6th) Metamorphosis===== => Proto-[Intelligent] [Interactive] __**LED**__ (point, line, suface, space) __Visual__ Pixel\\ {{ wiki:dl64_pixel_sbc_cm0.jpg }} The visualization of “Hidden [Digital] Data Structures” of the Galois Fields (GF) is a problem of some complexity. The Interactive **LED Pixel** sculpture “**Dynamic Line 64**” renders visualy the “dynamic interaction” of three GFs of the degree 2xx64 and smaller. The same pattern in the GFs will repeat after five billion years. Successive elements from three Galois Generators (GGs) are produced by the program residing in the memory chips and executed in real time by the Micro Computer System MCS-80 (based on Intel’s 8080A processor), all of them placed on the single board of Intels System Development Kit 80 (SDK 80). It carries basic chips and provides enough place for extension chips and additional small amount of electronics. [text will be updated] {{ wiki:traffic_object_in_space_cm01.jpg }} Model: Traffic Control, 1975 (driven by Single Board Computer) + "Object in Space", 1975 (ditto.) [text will be updated] [[https://wiki.vcfb.de/2021/bcd_cyberneticart_team#seven_metamorphoses_of_the_scientific-artistic-transcendental_pixel_digital_neo-_pointillistic_cyberneticart_point_of_view|(↑)]] =====(7th) Metamorphosis===== => Proto-[Intelligent] [Interactive] __Timeless & Spaceless__ **Transcendental Pixel**\\ {{ wiki:m7_trans_pixel_triptych_cm0.jpg }} {{ wiki:instantaneous_3_in_1_photos_cm0.jpg }} **INSTANTANEOUS**, interactive //CyberneticArt// "**Transcendental Pixel Installation**" by\\ //bcd team// (1987), is an “impregnable unity” established between sixteen COMPAQ Deskpro 386 computers linked via LAN network (Novell NetWare) into the “dematerialized work of art” emulating on-line the “transcendental” Galois Field[s] in real-time. Two additional COMPAQ Deskpro 386 computers have been responsible for generation of the Galois Fields, operation of the network, the long-term memory, real-time scheduling of 16 parallel processors using “intelligent heuristic methods” and the interface with a graphical data-base (corresponding to the then PAL TV-broadcasting standard; different TV-standards, such as SECAM or NTSC including HDTV, could also be used with minor adaptations). Exclusive world premier exhibition was held at Academia Nationale dei Lincei, Rome, 1987 under the auspices of UNESCO and European Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Humanities on the occasion of The International Colloquium “The Scientific Dimension of Cultural Development”. Reprint of the accompanied paper “**A Transcendental Concept for Cybernetic Art in the 21st Century**”, published in LEONARDO, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 109-111, 1989, will be on disposal on demand for VCFB 2021 together with associated documentation “//bcd Visions for Cybernetic Art//” (published by Paris Art Center and European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, autumn 1987), site specific photo documentation of the exhibition, and short video by France [Régions] 3 (FR3) depicting Deskpros 386 "performing" VR “//motion without moving//”. Link [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/1575148?origin=crossref|LEONARDO]] & Link [[http://dada.compart-bremen.de/item/publication/349|compart]] [text will be updated] [[https://wiki.vcfb.de/2021/bcd_cyberneticart_team#seven_metamorphoses_of_the_scientific-artistic-transcendental_pixel_digital_neo-_pointillistic_cyberneticart_point_of_view|(↑)]] -------\\ N. B.\\ Development and preparation of this Interactive Virtual Exhibition, with focal point on digitality and digitalization, was partially supported by the Grant »__Module D: Digital Exchange Formats__« as Partial Program of »__New Start for Visual Artists__« of the **Association of German Artists e.V. Berlin** in the framework of Federal Program **NEW START CULTURE** by Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.{{wiki:logo_dkb_cm0.jpg }}{{ wiki:logo_nsk_cm0.jpg}}\\ \\ [[https://wiki.vcfb.de/2021/bcd_cyberneticart_team#seven_metamorphoses_of_the_scientific-artistic-transcendental_pixel_digital_neo-_pointillistic_cyberneticart_point_of_view|(↑)]] \\ ===== Virtueller Ausstellungstisch ===== [[https://bbb.vcfb.de/b/bcd-mel-wku-jta|Zum virtuellen Ausstellungstisch]] ==== Anwesenheitszeiten ==== ^ Tag ^ Uhrzeit ^ |Samstag | 12:00 - 14:00 | |Samstag | 15:00 - 17:00 | |Samstag | 18:00 - 20:00 | ^ ^ ^ |Sonntag | 11:00 - 13:00 | |Sonntag | 14:00 - 17:30 | [[https://wiki.vcfb.de/2021/bcd_cyberneticart_team#seven_metamorphoses_of_the_scientific-artistic-transcendental_pixel_digital_neo-_pointillistic_cyberneticart_point_of_view|(↑)]]