Tracing the Line

“Tracing the Line: the art of drawing machines and pen plotters”. Vetro Editions and Generative Hut partner up again to create a new AR publication featuring 100 contemporary cutting-edge artists. The use of pen plotters and other drawing machines has become an important part of the contemporary generative and digital art scene.

Tracing the Line showcases the works of 100 contemporary artists who use these machines in their practice, including some stellar headliners such as Pavlovpulus, Matt DesLauriers, Tyler Hobbs, Zancan, Landlinesart, Alida Sun, Joanie Lemercier, Shedrawswithcode, Sougwen Chung, Julien Gachadoat, Rev Dan Catt, Lars Wander, Frederik Vanhoutte, Arno Beck, DiDiffArt, LIA, Targz, Jürg Lehni and Loackme. The book also features an introduction by Wolf Lieser, director of DAM Projects in Berlin, on the pioneers of the generative art movement who paved the way for the artists in this book.

An incredible variety of different techniques and styles are shown, highlighting the diverse range of possibilities and approaches that pen plotters and other drawing machines offer. Tracing the Line is a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary generative and digital art world.

11 PIONEERS: Manfred Mohr, Frieder Nake, Georg Nees, Herbert W Franke, Vera Molnar, Harold Cohen, Mark Wilson, Peter Beyls, Roman Verostko, Jean-Pierre Hébert, Casey Reas. 100 CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS: Acrylcode Berlin (Felipe Infantino), Algorigraph (Fabian Eck), Antigoon, Frank Aubry + Andreas Rau, Barbe Generative Diary (Peco), Martin Bauer, Arno Beck, Deniz Bicer, Chris Bly (machine.arm), Bondtruluv, Geoffrey Bradway (Chromatocosmos), Bustavo (Gustavo Muñoz), Joel Cammarata, Dan Catt (Revdancatt), CEK (Giorgio Cecatto), Michelle Chandra, Sougwen Chung (Studio Scilicet), Desmond Clarke , Andee Collard, Dirk Dallas (Dirka), Matt DesLauriers, DiDiffArt (Diana Becker), The Dot Is Black (David Mrugala), Kristine Erstad Vegard, Julien Espagnon, Allen F, Sven Björn Fi, Hiromasa Fukaji + Horikawa Junichiro, Julien Gachadoat (v3ga), Pablo Garcia , Generative Artworks, Kjetil Golid (Kgolid), Greweb, David Guerrero, Cory Haber, Licia He, Tyler Hobbs, Matthew Hughes, Jessica In (Shedrawswithcode), Ralf Jacobs, Jenslabs (Jens Clarholm), JMY (Jimmy Herdberg), Floris de Jonge, So Kanno + Takahiro Yamaguchi, Simon Kirby, Daniela Kröhnert, Guillaume Lagarde (Entropismes), Land Lines Art, Beatrice Lartigue (Lab212 Collective), Tom Lauerman, Sunjoo Lee + Ko de Beer, Jürg Lehni, LIA, Loackme, Lenia Mascha, Simone Mauer, Kyle McDonald + Matt Mets, Arjan van der Meij, Liz Melchor, Huw Messie, Emre Meydan (Thresfold), Mmachine, Cezar Mocan, Moodsoup (Stefan Reyniers), Ivan Murit, Sohan Murthy, Kris Northern (phidelity), Noumenal, Dimitri Otxa, Pierre Paslier, Pavlovpolus (Pablo Azóçar A.), Abe Pazos Solatie, Arnaud Pfeffer, Playmodes, Paul Prudence, Paul Rickards, Meg Rodger, Con Ryan, Catalin Sandu, Heliodoro Santos Sánchez, Lisa Schwalbe (Gridtheline), Marcel Schwittlick, Seohyo (Seo Hyojung), Sfd.Art (Andreas Schönfelder), Luke Shannon, Shih Wei-Chieh , Spatial Matters (Nicola Lorusso), Strano (Marcel Giannoccaro), Studio Joanie Lemercier , Studio Strauss , Alida Sun, Maksim Surguy, Targz, Tofa (Christopher Noelle), Patrick Tresset, Frederick Vanhoutte (Wblut), Benjamin Vedrenne, Lars Wander, Victor Wong, Zancan.

Texts by Wolf Lieser - DAM Projects, Berlin Pablo Garcia - Drawing Machines
Media Partners Generative Hut Galerie, DATA Paris, DAM Projects, Berlin Pen Plot Art
Art Direction and Curation Luca Bendandi - Vetro Editions Berlin
For the teaser: art direction: Luca Bendandi, video editing: Adriano La Licata, music : Julie Amouzegar Kim