{"id":13364,"date":"2020-10-20T17:25:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T15:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/?post_type=artists_ui&p=13364"},"modified":"2026-08-26T14:50:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:50:55","slug":"matrix-multiplication","status":"publish","type":"artists_ui","link":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/nake-frieder\/matrix-multiplication\/","title":{"rendered":"Matrix multiplication"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column css_animation=”fade-up” width=”1\/3″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″][vc_custom_heading text=”Matrix Multiplication (1967-68)” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”” font_size=”16″ text_align=”left” font_weight=”600″][vc_column_text]This portfolio is made of three separate series, which were generated from a square matrix produced by Nake on a Telefunken T4 computer. The matrix was multiplied successively by itself, creating new matrices that translated into images made of visual signs of a particular form and colour. Given that Nake used random number generation in this work during this period, the multiplication process was probably partly automated. The portfolio was published by the artist Hansj\u00f6rg Mayer in an edition of forty.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]More works
\n<\/strong>Generative Softwares (2025)<\/a>
\nGeradescharen Series (2018)<\/a>
\nWalk-Through Raster (1966)<\/a>
\nHommage \u00e0 Paul Klee (1965-67)<\/a>
\nRandom polygonal line (1965)<\/a>
\nRectangualar hatches (1965)<\/a>
\nEarly Algorithmic Drawings\u00a0(1963-65)<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][\/vc_column][vc_column css_animation=”fade-up” width=”1\/3″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″][vc_custom_heading text=”Matrix Multiplication (1967-68)” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”” font_size=”16″ text_align=”left” font_weight=”600″][vc_column_text]This portfolio is made of three separate series, which were generated from a square matrix produced by Nake on a Telefunken T4 computer. The matrix was multiplied successively by itself, creating new matrices that translated into images made of visual signs…<\/p>\n

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