Our blinc Artist of the Day today is Desmond Paul Henry. 1921-2004
Desmond was a British pioneer of Computer Art/Graphics who during the 1960′s constructed a series of three mechanical drawing machines from analogue bombsight computers.
Henry’s works are highly stylised and are born out of the convergence of modern technology and more traditional tools.
We have been fortunate to secure original works of art that will be exhibited during the festival.
We have been fortunate to secure original works of art that will be exhibited during the festival.
Henry’s life-long passion for all things mechanical inspired him to purchase an army surplus analogue bombsight computer in the early 1950s. For years he would gaze transfixed at the ‘peerless parabolas’ (Henry) of its inner working parts when in motion. Then in the early sixties he decided to try and capture these mechanical motions on paper and so was born the first of a series of three drawing machines based around the components of the bombsight computer itself.
