“Arabesque” by John Whitney Sr.
Title:
- Arabesque
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Creation Year:
- 1988
Artist Statement:
In 1969–70, Whitney experimented with motion graphics computer programming at California Institute of Technology. By the 1970s, he had abandoned his analog computer in favor of faster, digital processes. He taught the first computer graphics class at UCLA in 1972. The pinnacle of his digital films is his 1975 work Arabesque, characterized by psychedelic, blooming color-forms.
