{"id":15764,"date":"2026-04-10T16:03:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/?post_type=artists_ui&p=15764"},"modified":"2026-08-26T15:10:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:10:56","slug":"construct-decor","status":"publish","type":"artists_ui","link":"https:\/\/dam.org\/museum\/artists_ui\/artists\/nees-georg\/construct-decor\/","title":{"rendered":"Construct\/Decor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Construct \/ Decor `{`1`}`\u2013`{`10`}` (1986)” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”” font_size=”16″ text_align=”left” font_weight=”600″][vc_column_text css=””]This series of computer graphics was created in 1986 at the request of Alex Kempkens for the exhibition Bilder Images Digital<\/em> (Galerie der K\u00fcnstler, Munich, 1986).<\/p>\n

Within Georg Nees\u2019 oeuvre, these works occupy a special position. Based on simple, but also philosophical and mythical instructions, the computer generates different images in response to the given prompts. Nees wrote the programs in Lisp; the graphics were calculated on a Siemens System 7000.<\/p>\n

The series reflects Nees\u2019 engagement with the long-standing vision, found in literature and film, of a machine capable of producing art. He developed studies of scenes that might one day be synthetically created by responsive automatons, exploring the potential of algorithmic processes as creative agents.<\/p>\n

Nees himself approached the idea of \u201cartificial art\u201d with both curiosity and caution. He questioned how works generated by an information-based system, a computer, should be assessed, while acknowledging the powerful attraction of such technology, especially when its underlying principles remain only partially understood. At the same time, he saw in it the possibility that simple instructions could give rise to increasingly complex and imaginative structures.<\/p>\n

More works
\n<\/strong>Works from 1988<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Works from February 9-10, 1988<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Works from 1987<\/a>
\nComputer Graphics from the Siemens System 4004 Era (1965-1970)<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ el_class=”portfolio”][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Construct \/ Decor `{`1`}`\u2013`{`10`}` (1986)” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”” font_size=”16″ text_align=”left” font_weight=”600″][vc_column_text css=””]This series of computer graphics was created in 1986 at the request of Alex Kempkens for the exhibition Bilder Images Digital (Galerie der K\u00fcnstler, Munich, 1986). Within Georg Nees\u2019 oeuvre, these works occupy a special position. Based on simple,…<\/p>\n

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