{"id":15755,"date":"2026-04-04T14:34:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T12:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/?post_type=artists_ui&#038;p=15755"},"modified":"2026-08-26T15:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:30:30","slug":"rotations-and-projections","status":"publish","type":"artists_ui","link":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/herbert-franke\/rotations-and-projections\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotations and Projections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; el_class=&#8221;portfolio&#8221;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"dam-custom-grid dam-custom-grid--cols-2\" style=\"--dam-grid-gap:16px;\"><figure class=\"dam-custom-grid__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Franke1974ProjektionenRotationen.jpeg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__link\" data-lightbox=\"dam-custom-grid\" title=\"Herbert W. Franke, Rotations\/Projections, Vintage Photography, 1974\" data-title=\"Herbert W. Franke, Rotations\/Projections, Vintage Photography, 1974\" data-caption=\"Herbert W. Franke, Rotations\/Projections, Vintage Photography, 1974\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1915\" height=\"2147\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Franke1974ProjektionenRotationen.jpeg\" class=\"dam-custom-grid__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Franke1974ProjektionenRotationen.jpeg 1915w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Franke1974ProjektionenRotationen-268x300.jpeg 268w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Franke1974ProjektionenRotationen-913x1024.jpeg 913w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Franke1974ProjektionenRotationen-768x861.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Franke1974ProjektionenRotationen-1370x1536.jpeg 1370w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Franke1974ProjektionenRotationen-1827x2048.jpeg 1827w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Franke1974ProjektionenRotationen-508x570.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Franke1974ProjektionenRotationen-446x500.jpeg 446w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Franke1974ProjektionenRotationen-550x617.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Franke1974ProjektionenRotationen-500x561.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Franke1974ProjektionenRotationen-357x400.jpeg 357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1915px) 100vw, 1915px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Rotations\/Projections (1974)&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; font_size=&#8221;16&#8243; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;600&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]In addition to the 16 mm films <em>Rotations and Projections<\/em>, which were created using an early 3D programme for the real-time representation of spatial movements, Franke also produced a small number of static images, which he later referred to as <em>Cluster<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Like the films, these were generated using an interactive graphical display from the Siemens research laboratory in Munich and a digital computing unit. The system allowed for interventions in the process, for example regarding parameters such as the number of images, angle of view or speed; movements could also be paused at any time and captured as a single frame.<br \/>\nUnlike the film sequences calculated in real time, the <em>Clusters<\/em> were not subject to any time constraints. This enabled the creation of significantly more complex, densely structured image forms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More works<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/herbert-franke\/colour-grid\/\">The Colour Grid Series (1973)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/herbert-franke\/the-biennale-serigraphs\/\">The Biennale Serigraphs (1954-1969)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/herbert-franke\/dance-of-the-electrons-1958-59\/\">Dance of the Electrons (1958\/1959-2018)<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; el_class=&#8221;portfolio&#8221;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Rotations\/Projections (1974)&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; font_size=&#8221;16&#8243; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; font_weight=&#8221;600&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]In addition to the 16 mm films Rotations and Projections, which were created using an early 3D programme for the real-time representation of spatial movements, Franke also produced a small number of static images, which he later referred to as Cluster. Like&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"kayo-button-simple wvc-button wvc-button-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/herbert-franke\/rotations-and-projections\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15754,"parent":13084,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[],"class_list":["post-15755","artists_ui","type-artists_ui","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry","clearfix","entry-grid","entry-columns-default","entry-artists_ui-module-layout-standard","thumbnail-color-tone-dark","metro-portrait","entry-artists_ui","entry-artists_ui-grid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists_ui\/15755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists_ui"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artists_ui"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists_ui\/13084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}