Touch

1969

The cover features Return to a Square (1968) by Japan's Computer Technique Group (CTG). Created by mathematically transforming a square into a woman's profile and back again, the image had appeared in the seminal 1968 Cybernetic Serendipity exhibition and is among CTG's pioneering demonstrations of computer-generated morphing.

Author / editor: Morton Subotnick
Publisher: Columbia Masterworks
New York, USA
Format: LP Vinyl Record
Language: English
Reference: Cybernetic Serendipity

“In Return to Square we used a female profile from Vogue magazine as data, entered the coordinates inside a square frame and generated intermediate values” said Masao Komura in an interview with the Japan Graphic Design Association

Artwork & Production Credits

Cover Artwork: Return to a Square (Computer-generated plot)
Cover Concept: Masao Komura (Computer Technique Group / CTG Japan)
Computer Programming: Kunio Yamanaka
Cover Design / Layout: Tony Lane
Liner Notes: Mel Powell and Morton Subotnick
Sleeve Context: The iconic cover image is an early algorithmic computer plot featured in Jasia Reichardt’s landmark 1968 Cybernetic Serendipity exhibition.