Manfred Mohr – the groovy German who taught computers to make art

The art world pioneer spotted the creative possibilities of algorithms back in 1968. He talks about working nights for 11 years, invisible ‘hypercubes’, and why computers can go to places ‘I can’t go because I’m standing in the way’
Pioneers of abstract art own their territory in perpetuity. Paint-drippers walk in the footsteps of Jackson Pollock, minimalists contend eternally with Donald Judd, light artists live in the shadow of Dan Flavin. The stakes are hig