The above GIF [h/t Science Sparks Art] shows four rarely-seen experiments with digital art made by Andy Warhol in the mid-1980s as a promotion commissioned by the Commodore computer manufacturer to promote its Amiga model. These, and other early piece of digital art created in the last years of Warhol’s life, were discovered and extracted from deteriorating floppy disks by artist Cory Arcangel and a team from Carnegie Mellon. Now, they’ll be on display in a restored Commodore Amiga at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh:
This is so cool. As Cory Arcangel says in the video below, “that’s a Warhol that nobody has ever seen before. That’s what I think that is.”
The Invisible Photograph: Part 2 (Trapped) from Carnegie Museum of Art on Vimeo.
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