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The group Compos 68 was founded by [[Jan Baptist Bedaux]], [[Jeroen Clausman]] and [[Arthur Veen]] in September [[1968]] in [[Utrecht]], where all three members studied. then a student of art history, Jan Baptist Bedaux brings the idea of combining the aesthetics of modernist paintings (as Mondrian and Klee) and the computer simulation of growing trees. Arthur Veen was an assistant of professor A. Lindenmayer who taught philosophy of Biology at the Biology department of Utrecht University; Veen was programming in ALGOL in his biology research. ''Series 1'' and ''Series 2'' (both 1968, hand-colored computer-prints made by an Electrologica X8 plotter) were produced by the el - X8 philips computer  at the department of mathematics of utrecht university. the program was written in ALGOL. Bedaux, Clausman and Veen created a system that could assign numerical values to the elements ‘color’ and ‘form’ in order to obtain numbers for mathematically formulated aesthetic theories. the variable multiple ''Hobby Box'' (1969) consists of a package with four colored cardboards, a pin, a variable pattern with stylus (created by the electrologica X8 plotter) and an instruction manual, both printed as computer sheets. The variable pattern is a computer print that shows an outline of a composition that is to be copied (by pin) to each color cardboard, and such cut rectangles finally assembled at the black cardboard according to a unique computer-programmed composition. this is an early example of participative computer-generated work, with new notions of ‘manual’ and ‘user’ in the context of computer-generated art (similar to do-it-yourself art multiples in Fluxus art).  
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|caption = Compos 68 members, Arthur Veen, Jeroen Clausman, and Jan Baptist Bedaux (from left), and Frans Haks, head of the library of the Institute of Art History of Utrecht University (far left). Zagreb, 1969. [http://dada.compart-bremen.de/node/4620#/media-tab (source)]
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[[Image:Compos_68_2012.jpg|thumb|350px|Two members of Compos 68 in audience at [[Setup]] Utrecht, 31 October 2012. Photo by [[David M. Berry]].]]
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The group Compos 68 was founded by [[Jan Baptist Bedaux]], [[Jeroen Clausman]] and [[Arthur Veen]] in September [[1968]] in [[Utrecht]], where all three members studied. Then a student of art history, Jan Baptist Bedaux brought the idea of combining the aesthetics of modernist paintings (as Mondriaan and Klee) and computer simulation of growing trees. Arthur Veen was an assistant of professor A. Lindenmayer who taught philosophy of biology at the Biology department of Utrecht University; Veen was programming in ALGOL in his biological research.  
  
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In its short existence as a group (1968 - 1969), Compos 68 succeeds in exhibiting its work in several important international exhibitions of computer-generated art, such as [[New Tendencies|tendencies 4]] in Zagreb and ''Kunst und Computer'' in Vienna. they received an award for ''Hobby Box'' at the ‘tendencies 4  - computers and visual research’ exhibition in Zagreb in 1969, an exhibition that propagated the idea of visual research with computers as a continuation of the tradition of concrete art (and similar art styles falling under the umbrella title New Tendencies, named after the series of exhibitions with that name since 1961). Compos 68 elaborated theoretically on its work in several articles. [http://darkofritz.net/text/DARKO_FRITZ_NL_COMP_ART_n.pdf source]
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The works ''Series 1'' and ''Series 2'' (both 1968, hand-colored computer-prints made by an Electrologica X8 plotter) were produced by Electrologica X8 Philips computer  at the department of mathematics of Utrecht University; the program was written in ALGOL. Bedaux, Clausman and Veen created a system assigning numerical values to 'color' and 'form' in order to obtain numbers for mathematically formulated aesthetic theories. A variable multiple ''Hobby Box'' (1969) consists of a package with four colored cardboards, a pin, a variable pattern with stylus (created by the Electrologica X8 plotter) and an instruction manual, both printed as computer sheets. The variable pattern is a computer print that shows an outline of a composition that is to be copied (by pin) to each color cardboard, and such cut rectangles finally assembled at the black cardboard according to a unique computer-programmed composition. This is an early example of participative computer-generated work, introducing the notions of 'manual' and 'user' in the context of computer-generated art (as was the case with do-it-yourself Fluxus multiples).  
  
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In its short existence as a group (1968-1969), Compos 68 showed their work at several important international exhibitions of computer-generated art, such as [[New Tendencies|tendencies 4]] in Zagreb  (1969, receiving an award for ''Hobby Box'') and ''Kunst und Computer'' in Vienna. Compos 68 elaborated theoretically on their work in several articles. [http://darkofritz.net/text/DARKO_FRITZ_NL_COMP_ART_n.pdf (source)]
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* http://dada.compart-bremen.de/node/4905
 
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==Works==
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File:Compos 68 Series I detail.jpg|''Series I'' (detail), ink, felt-tip pen, paper, 221 × 40cm [http://dada.compart-bremen.de/node/4908]
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File:Compos 68 Series I detail 2.jpg|''Series I'' (detail), ink, felt-tip pen, paper, 221 × 40cm [http://dada.compart-bremen.de/node/4908]
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File:Compos 68 Series II detail.jpg|''Series II'' (detail), ink, felt-tip pen, paper, 3.88 × 28 cm [http://dada.compart-bremen.de/node/4909]
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File:Csuri_Mallary_Mezei_Compos_68_Zagreb_1969.jpg|''Series I'' and ''Series II'' (top right) exhibited in Zagreb, May 1969
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File:Compos 68 Hobby Box.jpg|''Hobby Box'', collage of colored cardboard, 28 × 37.5 cm [http://dada.compart-bremen.de/node/4905]
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File:Compos_68_Hobby_Box_pattern_with_stylus.jpg|''Hobby Box'', pattern with stylus, 28 × 37.5 cm
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File:Compos 68 Hobby Box cardboard.jpg|''Hobby Box'', cardboard, 31 × 37.5 cm
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==Literature==
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* Arthur Veen, "Compos 68", in: Peter Struycken, ''Vormgeving en exacte disciplines'' [Design and The Exact Disciplines], Utrecht, 1971.
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Compos 68 members, Arthur Veen, Jeroen Clausman, and Jan Baptist Bedaux (from left), and Frans Haks, head of the library of the Institute of Art History of Utrecht University (far left). Zagreb, 1969. (source)
Two members of Compos 68 in audience at Setup Utrecht, 31 October 2012. Photo by David M. Berry.

The group Compos 68 was founded by Jan Baptist Bedaux, Jeroen Clausman and Arthur Veen in September 1968 in Utrecht, where all three members studied. Then a student of art history, Jan Baptist Bedaux brought the idea of combining the aesthetics of modernist paintings (as Mondriaan and Klee) and computer simulation of growing trees. Arthur Veen was an assistant of professor A. Lindenmayer who taught philosophy of biology at the Biology department of Utrecht University; Veen was programming in ALGOL in his biological research.

The works Series 1 and Series 2 (both 1968, hand-colored computer-prints made by an Electrologica X8 plotter) were produced by Electrologica X8 Philips computer at the department of mathematics of Utrecht University; the program was written in ALGOL. Bedaux, Clausman and Veen created a system assigning numerical values to 'color' and 'form' in order to obtain numbers for mathematically formulated aesthetic theories. A variable multiple Hobby Box (1969) consists of a package with four colored cardboards, a pin, a variable pattern with stylus (created by the Electrologica X8 plotter) and an instruction manual, both printed as computer sheets. The variable pattern is a computer print that shows an outline of a composition that is to be copied (by pin) to each color cardboard, and such cut rectangles finally assembled at the black cardboard according to a unique computer-programmed composition. This is an early example of participative computer-generated work, introducing the notions of 'manual' and 'user' in the context of computer-generated art (as was the case with do-it-yourself Fluxus multiples).

In its short existence as a group (1968-1969), Compos 68 showed their work at several important international exhibitions of computer-generated art, such as tendencies 4 in Zagreb (1969, receiving an award for Hobby Box) and Kunst und Computer in Vienna. Compos 68 elaborated theoretically on their work in several articles. (source)

Works[edit]

  • Series I (detail), ink, felt-tip pen, paper, 221 × 40cm [1]

  • Series I (detail), ink, felt-tip pen, paper, 221 × 40cm [2]

  • Series II (detail), ink, felt-tip pen, paper, 3.88 × 28 cm [3]

  • Series I and Series II (top right) exhibited in Zagreb, May 1969

  • Hobby Box, collage of colored cardboard, 28 × 37.5 cm [4]

  • Hobby Box, pattern with stylus, 28 × 37.5 cm

  • Hobby Box, cardboard, 31 × 37.5 cm

Literature[edit]

  • Arthur Veen, "Compos 68", in: Peter Struycken, Vormgeving en exacte disciplines [Design and The Exact Disciplines], Utrecht, 1971.
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