Hans Dehlinger
Prof. of Foundations of Industrial Design (em.), School of Art, University of Kassel, Germany
"It was a nightmare to travel from West-Berlin to East-Berlin via Friedrichstrasse before the fall of the Berlin wall. The proposal is a reflection on the transformation of time into a drawing. My interest is "generative art", which I realize on pen-plotters. Any event can be used as a generative trigger for an artpiece. In this small-scale series, I used the time-schedule information of the Berlin-Shoenefeld-Airport-Express as such a trigger. This is mathematically not really sophisticated, but it makes use of an important concept of mathematics, the Cartesian Coordinates. The transformation of hours and minutes to x and y coordinates is straightforward. The 4 small images (there are altogether seven), are drawn with horizontal pencil strokes only. The drawings have delicate gray shades and they have a tendency towards painting with a pencil. The generative principle is strictly algorithmic. A random contaminator introduces minor distortions, effective on successive runs."
“Berlin_Airport_Express_01 ”
2007, Pen-Plotter-Drawing, Pencil on Paper, 30 x 35 cm
The time-schedule data of the Berlin-Schoenefeld-Airport-Express from the station Friedrichstrasse to the airport (hours:minutes > x:y) have been transformed into a series of drawings. The coordinate information is distorted by random contaminations, and slightly different drawings are generated on each run.
“ Berlin_Airport_Express_03 ”
2007, Pen-Plotter-Drawing, Pencil on Paper, 30 x 35 cm
The time-schedule data of the Berlin-Schoenefeld-Airport-Express from the station Friedrichstrasse to the airport (hours:minutes > x:y) have been transformed into a series of drawings. The coordinate information is distorted by random contaminations, and slightly different drawings are generated on each run.
“ Berlin_Airport_Express_04 ”
2007, Pen-Plotter-Drawing, Pencil on Paper, 30 x 35 cm
The time-schedule data of the Berlin-Schoenefeld-Airport-Express from the station Friedrichstrasse to the airport (hours:minutes > x:y) have been transformed into a series of drawings. The coordinate information is distorted by random contaminations, and slightly different drawings are generated on each run.
“ Berlin_Airport_Express_07 ”
2007, Pen-Plotter-Drawing, Pencil on Paper, 30 x 35 cm
The time-schedule data of the Berlin-Schoenefeld-Airport-Express from the station Friedrichstrasse to the airport (hours:minutes > x:y) have been transformed into a series of drawings. The coordinate information is distorted by random contaminations, and slightly different drawings are generated on each run.