William A. Fetter

Year of birth, place

1928
United States

Year of death, place

2002
United States

Role at the ZKM

  • Artist of the Collection

Biography

William A. Fetter studied graphic design at the University of Illinois. 1959–1969 head of the computer graphics team at Boeing. Later head of the Computer Graphics Lab, Department of Design, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Participation in “Experiments in Art and Technology” at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Exhib.: 1967, »Expo«, Montreal. 1968, »Cybernetic Serendipity«, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. 1969, »Computer-Kunst. On the Eve of Tomorrow«, Kubus, Hannover.
Lit.: W. A. F., »Computer Graphics in Communication«, New York, 1965. W. A. F., “Computer Graphics,” in: Martin Krampen and Peter Seitz (eds.), »Design and Planning«, New York, 1967, pp. 15–23.

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