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Even before he used his own \u2018studio computer\u2019 \u2013 specially designed for artistic work \u2013 to create his characteristic computer sculptures, graphics and short films, he had, from 1966 onwards, been creating his \u2018verbal block montages\u2019 or \u2018word figures\u2019 \u2013 computer-based poetry created using so-called \u2018autopoems\u2019, which the linguist Gerhard Stickel generated at the German Computing Centre in Darmstadt, effectively as a by-product of his work there in the field of computer-aided word processing. The exhibition, curated by Peter Peer, showcases Beckmann\u2019s exploration of the possibilities offered by the computer for both the visual arts and poetry, in which formal-logical and artistically intuitive creative approaches are combined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Otto Beckmann \u2013 Autopoems<\/strong><br>06.11.2026 \u2013 07.02.2027<br>Neue Galerie<br>Joanneumsviertel<br>8010 Graz<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.neuegaleriegraz.at\">www.neuegaleriegraz.at<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>06.11.2026 \u2013 07.02.2027 Otto Beckmann (1908\u20131997), a pioneer of computer art, began developing his initial ideas on artistic design based on mathematical methods as early as the late 1940s, with his main focus on the practical application of algorithms. 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