# The work of Georg Nees

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/the-work-of-georg-nees/30558>\
**Category:** Project Guidance\
**Created:** [June 7, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/the-work-of-georg-nees/30558 "2021-06-07T18:32:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![debxyz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@debxyz](https://discourse.processing.org/u/debxyz)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/the-work-of-georg-nees/30558/1 "2021-06-07T18:32:38Z")

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I recently stumbled upon a reference to Georg Nees.

I then found a few pieces (eight) of his work on the Victoria and Albert Museum site.

And there is a database of more of his work here:  
[http://dada.compart-bremen.de/item/agent/15](http://dada.compart-bremen.de/item/agent/15)  
But the images are kind of small. I do understand it’s probably to deter people from taking screenshots and using them without permission which I respect.

Are there any print publications, so as to able to look more closely and enjoy his work? It is so sublime.

🤓

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**Author:** ![Chrisir](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/chrisir/32/45_2.png) [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/the-work-of-georg-nees/30558/2 "2021-06-07T18:48:26Z")

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see [https://www.deanspot.org/assets/eightcorner/nees-8-corner-20f6bdbc.jpg](https://www.deanspot.org/assets/eightcorner/nees-8-corner-20f6bdbc.jpg)

see [Georg Nees |](http://digitalart.joachim-wedekind.de/nees/)

see [Georg Nees - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Nees)

see [IASLonline NetArt: History of Computer Art III.2 Computer Graphics | Computer drawing, Computer art, Computer history](https://www.pinterest.de/pin/793759503054182433/)

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**Author:** ![debxyz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@debxyz](https://discourse.processing.org/u/debxyz)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 6:59pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/the-work-of-georg-nees/30558/3 "2021-06-07T18:59:48Z")

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Oh thank you @Chrisir !!  
And, looks like wikipedia will be my road map. 😀  
🤓

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**Author:** ![glv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/glv/32/18785_2.png) [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/the-work-of-georg-nees/30558/4 "2021-06-07T19:05:45Z")

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Hello,

I find a [Google Images](https://www.google.ca/imghp?hl=en&ogbl) search to be a great tool to find stuff!

Especially for visual searches.

[Google Images search for Georg Nees](https://www.google.com/search?q=georg+nees&rlz=1C1GCEB_enCA860CA860&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwisqK6Om4bxAhUCUKwKHQ0eC58Q_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1280&bih=891)

I got lost in there for a while!

`:)`

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**Author:** ![debxyz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@debxyz](https://discourse.processing.org/u/debxyz)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/the-work-of-georg-nees/30558/5 "2021-06-07T19:11:19Z")

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Thank you @glv !!  
I am off my game today. Google Images. Of course! 🤔  
🤓

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**Author:** ![kalle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kalle](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kalle)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/the-work-of-georg-nees/30558/6 "2021-06-10T20:52:41Z")

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From Wikipedia:

> **[Frieder Nake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frieder_Nake)**
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> Frieder Nake (born December 16, 1938 in Stuttgart, Germany) is a mathematician, computer scientist, and pioneer of computer art. He is best known internationally for his contributions to the earliest manifestations of computer art, a field of computing that made its first public appearances with three small exhibitions in 1965.
> Nake had his first exhibition at Galerie Wendelin Niedlich in Stuttgart in November, 1965 alongside the artist Georg Nees.
> Until 1969, Nake generated in rapid sequence a...

Frieder Nake (born December 16, 1938 in Stuttgart, Germany) is a mathematician,  
computer scientist, and pioneer of computer art.  
Nake had his first exhibition at Galerie Wendelin Niedlich in Stuttgart in November,  
1965 alongside the artist Georg Nees.

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**Author:** ![debxyz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@debxyz](https://discourse.processing.org/u/debxyz)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/the-work-of-georg-nees/30558/7 "2021-06-10T23:26:44Z")

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Thank you @kalle for the recommendation! 😀 😁

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**Author:** ![neilcsmith](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/neilcsmith/32/144_2.png) [@neilcsmith](https://discourse.processing.org/u/neilcsmith)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 7:41am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/the-work-of-georg-nees/30558/8 "2021-06-13T07:41:41Z")

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Saw some of his prints, along with lots of other great pioneering work, at the Chance and Control exhibition when it toured to Chester.

> **[Chance and Control: Art in the Age of Computers](https://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/chance-and-control-art-in-the-age-of-computers-review-victoria-albert-museum)**

Recommend reading about that, and the '60s Cybernetic Serendipity exhibition it was celebrating.

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**Author:** ![JoseMY](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/josemy/32/2016_2.png) [@JoseMY](https://discourse.processing.org/u/JoseMY)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/the-work-of-georg-nees/30558/9 "2021-06-13T11:22:28Z")

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I found the algorithn of one of their works here:  
[http://dada.compart-bremen.de/item/algorithm/1](http://dada.compart-bremen.de/item/algorithm/1)

I wonder if someone is willing to translate into processing.

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**Author:** ![glv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/glv/32/18785_2.png) [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/the-work-of-georg-nees/30558/10 "2021-06-13T17:01:22Z")

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Hello @JoseMY,

> [@JoseMY](#):
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> I wonder if someone is willing to translate into processing.

Hello,

I did not translate the code provided to Processing but instead looked at the outcome:  
[http://dada.compart-bremen.de/item/artwork/1](http://dada.compart-bremen.de/item/artwork/1)

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/2X/c/c00ef341aba6e6a2de9120bfd8159151fcb965b0.png)

And considered how to achieve that with Processing.

Steps taken:

- Draw a grid with nested for() loops.
- Draw a rect() at each point on the grid. I did this first and built on this in next steps!
- Use y of the grid as a factor to control amount to translate() and rotate() the rect().
- As y increased the amount to translate() and rotate() increased.

References:

- [for / Reference / Processing.org](https://processing.org/reference/for.html)
- [rect() / Reference / Processing.org](https://processing.org/reference/rect_.html)
- [https://processing.org/tutorials/drawing/](https://processing.org/tutorials/drawing/)
- [2D Transformations / Processing.org](https://processing.org/tutorials/transform2d/)

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/2X/5/5e146e1d66e0b86ae283e10686f46903cba1903b.png)

This is a worthy and achievable exercise to work through without complete code.

Give it a try!

`:)`

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**Author:** ![JoseMY](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/josemy/32/2016_2.png) [@JoseMY](https://discourse.processing.org/u/JoseMY)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/the-work-of-georg-nees/30558/11 "2021-06-13T18:18:44Z")

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Well, I tried with other of the classics, Manfred Mohr:

[https://editor.p5js.org/jgmy/sketches/QQ6zPFwK6](https://editor.p5js.org/jgmy/sketches/QQ6zPFwK6)

 ![untitled](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/2X/6/66df4401a9f3c7f52c444b0427600fb9b51575cf.png)

I even got a like by the artist!

> <https://twitter.com/MicroblogC/status/1404081204266254337?s=19>

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**Author:** ![debxyz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@debxyz](https://discourse.processing.org/u/debxyz)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/the-work-of-georg-nees/30558/12 "2021-06-13T20:15:57Z")

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> [@JoseMY](#):
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> I even got a like by the artist!

That is SUPER COOL!!  
🙃 😁

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**Author:** ![debxyz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@debxyz](https://discourse.processing.org/u/debxyz)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/the-work-of-georg-nees/30558/13 "2021-06-13T20:27:24Z")

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@neilcsmith This is a wonderful review. A LOT of information packed into a relatively short-to-medium-length article. Plus the unexpected background on why the V&A even has this collection was further enriching!  
WOW. Good stuff.  
🤓