Hand movements and the immediacy of computer systems are equally magnificent forces to be reckoned with; but what happens when we pair the two? Vera Molnár (born 1924), Hungarian artist and pioneer of computer art, used the term machine imaginaire (imaginary machine) to express a shared visual language between the humanness of handwork and the precision of mathematical algorithms. This approach inevitably became a catalyst for what is now her mark on the digital art realm.
I had the pleasure of writing on Vera Molnar’s work and practice for the V&A’s blog in late 2023. To read more, click here.