
Tetracono macOS Screensaver - Bruno Munari
The art of the past has accustomed us to seeing nature as static: a sunset, a face, an apple, all static. People go to nature looking for images such as these static things, whereas an apple is in fact a moment in the process from apple-seed to tree, blossom, fruit.
Tetracono was created as an artist multiple designed for industrial production and published by Danese Milano. But only 10 were ever made. (An additional run of 100 was produced without motors.) Few sold, and by commercial accounts, the product was a flop. Perhaps it was just ahead of its time.
50 years later, we’ve moved from the industrial production of objects to the post-industrial production of information. Tetracono was maybe already a post-industrial product - manufactured in steel and aluminum, its purpose was to produce a constantly changing image.
From a small black box to computer software, Tetracono is *now* available again.
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Screensaver software for macOS v10.8+
Published by O-R-G, a small software company