persian carpet

Playing with Tradition rug by Richard Hutton

February 4, 2009

Playing with Tradition rug by Richard Hutton

Textile looms and computers share a common history; Babbage used punch cards in his Difference Engine after seeing a Jacquard loom at work. This carpet by Richard Hutten is called “Playing With Tradition” and it plays on the historical relationship of looms and computers by looking exactly like a digital image that has been pixel-stretched.

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