Oral history interview with Manfred Mohr
name: label: Interviewee
content: Mohr, Manfred, 1938-
label: Interviewer
content: Jones, Leslie, 1966-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Digital artists
label: Occupation
content: Computer artists -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Mohr, Manfred, 1938-
label: Interviewer
content: Jones, Leslie, 1966-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Manfred Mohr (1938- ) is a digital artist whose work pioneered the use of algorithms in art. Working exclusively on computers since the late 1960s, Mohr generates two-dimensional graphics using multidimensional hypercubes. Mohr was born in Pforzheim, Germany and works in New York City.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewer Leslie Jones (1966- ) is a curator and art historian based in California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 24 Items (sound files (5 hrs., 3 min.), digital, wav)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Tascam DR-100MKIII 18Z0355
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2023 October 27-28
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mohr23
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Manfred Mohr conducted 2023 October 27-28, by Leslie Jones for the Archives of American Art, at Mohr's home and studio in New York, NY.­