Influences and Technique

Though each website is different and will thus generate a different image, Napier

Mark Napier (artist)

Mark Napier is an early pioneer of net.art in the United States, known for creating interactive online artwork that challenged traditional definitions of art...

's code is programmed to create aesthetically similar images. Although pieces of the original page often survive the shredding, such as images and some text, the new page closer resembles a non-representational painting. The signature color and shapes created by the Shredder 1.0 are largely due to Napier

Mark Napier (artist)

Mark Napier is an early pioneer of net.art in the United States, known for creating interactive online artwork that challenged traditional definitions of art...

's background as an artist. Shredder 1.0 pieces have strong Abstract Expressionist roots, making use of Surrealist techniques in automatic art. Shredder 1.0 pieces have been compared to the painting of Hans Hoffman and Gerhard Richter

Gerhard Richter

Gerhard Richter is a German visual artist. Richter has simultaneously produced abstract and photorealistic painted works, as well as photographs and glass pieces, thus undermining the concept of the artist’s obligation to maintain a single cohesive style.- Biography :Gerhard Richter was born in...

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External links

• https://wiki.brown.edu/confluence/display/MarkTribe/Mark+Napier
• http://www.perl.org/about.html
• http://www.potatoland.org/
• http://www.artchive.com/artchive/abex.html