Barbara Nessim's Computer Heads

In the 1984, Barbara Nessim experimented with early digital illustration as a resident at TIME Video Information Services. During her time there she created the Computer Heads series using the Norpak IPS-2 Telidon computer systems. TIME gave her access to their offices after regular business hours, where she would create digital artworks at night. To document each piece, she used a setup that included either a 35mm or Polaroid camera positioned in front of the Norpak computer screen. The resulting slides could then be used to make prints of the digital works.