Kerry Strand - The Snail

Lithograph 'The Snail' by Kerry Strand, 1967, published in London by Motif Editions. The portrait composition shows a computer-generated drawing of a repeating elliptical shape in black, resembling an upright Nautilus shell. The original computer graphic was created using a Calcomp 770-Band-System in conjunction with a flatbed plotter model 207. Plot time was 4 1/2 hours.

From a series of seven lithographs by various artists, published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Cybernetic Serendipity' at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in London in 1968. Motif Editions produced the series to sell to visitors of the ICA and during the exhibition's tour across the USA.
The exhibition 'Cybernetic Serendipity,' curated by Jasia Reichardt, was a milestone in the history of computer-generated art.

It was the first international exhibition in the UK that addressed the relationship between art and new technologies, with over 130 participants, including composers, engineers, artists, mathematicians, and poets.

Your goal was to present an area of activity that manifested the engagement of artists with science and scientists with art, especially the connections between the random systems used by artists, composers, and poets, and those involved in the manufacturing and use of cybernetic devices. Some participants of Cybernetic Serendipity later founded the Computer Art Society in 1968, which continues to bring together computer artists in the United Kingdom.