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900s, 927, 971, ancient, china, india.

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Pratisara mantra, 927 CE

Mahāpratyaṅgirā mantra, 971 CE

Both of these are Chinese uses of the (Indian) Siddhaṃ script. h/t: Karl Kempton’s A History of Visual Text Art (p. 57)

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2000s, china, painting.

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Appearance of Crosses by Ding Yi. On-going series, covered here 10 years ago. First one from 2004, second from 2022.

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2010s, apple II, usa.

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Chehel Sotoun, Apple II text graphics by krüe.

Exploding Galaxy. Apple II graphics by krüe, 2012.

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2020s, 2023, grid, usa.

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Debug Mode Generative Art by JK Keller, 2023. Wobbly grid!

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japan, poetry.

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Various poems by Niikuni Seiichi, who lived 1925-1977. More of her works here.

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1960s, 1970s, france, japan, poetry, typewriter.

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“[pierre/鳩]” [rock/pigeon]

“[coq/桜]” [cock/cherry blossom]

“Shizu me ru tera 沈める寺” [Sinking Temple]

All works by Niikuni Seiichi & Pierre Garnier, 1966-1977, taken from Interlingual Encounter in Pierre Garnier and Niikuni Seiichi’s French-Japanese Concrete Poetry by Elaine S. Wong, 2015.

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1970s, 1974, ascii, visualization.

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One of the first examples of MRI, ca 1974. Made by the research group of Richard Ernst in Zurich, acquired by Anil Kumar in July 1974.

source

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2010s, 2020s, rug, usa, weaving.

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Rugs by Inigo Elizalde.

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animation, teletext, uk.

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Teletext animations, presumably by Ian Irving. In case it would disappear from Youtube, it’s also stored here.

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2000s, 2010s, mosaic, portugal, tiles.

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Grão, Details of a Larger Nature by Pedrita, 2007.

Pavilhão by Pedrita, 2016.

Lost and Found by Pedrita, 2018.

Also see this.