Amazing Herbert W. Franke

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VIP WEBISM Member and Speleologist Herbert W. Franke

As you all know Herbert W. Franke not only is one of the most famous German science fiction authors but moreover a computer graphics pioneer as well as active in future studies and a speleologist (caving). Here you can see him (3rd from rh side) celebrating the 100th anniversary of DACHSTEIN CAVES in Obertraun, Austria. Since 1914 about 10 million people visited the ice caves of which 280 km have been investigated.

VIP WEBISM member Prof. Dr. Herbert W. Franke introduces 3D exhibition space!!!!
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Two famous VIP WEBISM members meet at Budapest, Hungary...

In December 2009 VIP WEBISM member Herbert W. Franke (lh), Munich, Bavaria, Germany and VIP WEBISM member Istvan Horkay, Budapest, Hungary met in Budapest!!!!! They need their glasses filled up... we have to do sparkling WEBISM group art jobs to fill their glasses-:)

Happy 2010 with and from Istvan and Herbert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WEBISM - art connecting the world

Professor Dr. Herbert W. Franke, WEBISM member, celebrates 50th anniversary of 1st ever electronic art show in a renown European Art Museum

CLICK HERE to visit Herbert's art show to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his first electronic art show at the well-known "Museum für Angewandte Kunst" in Vienna/Austria in 1959. This marks a milestone because it was the 1st ever electronic art show on the European planet in a museum of international reputation!

VIP WEBISM member Herbert W. Franke at NMI 2009 Symposium, Berlin

VIP WEBISM member Ursula Freer, Santa Fe, NM, USA did a portrait painting of Professor Herbert W. Franke based upon a photo taken by VIP WEBISM member Gerhard Höberth, Wasserburg am Inn, Germany at the occasion of Herbert's 80s bday party on June 30th, 2007 in Bad Tölz, Germany.

Herbert W. Franke will be keynote speaker at NMI 2009 Symposium in Berlin, Germany.

VIP WEBISM member's Herbert W. Frankes featured essay "The Influence of Computer Graphics on Art and Society" at DAM, Berlin

3 VIP WEBISM members from Berlin from lh to rh:
Heinz Sterzenbach, Björn Dämpfling, Herbert W. Franke

Read Herbert W. Franke's highly interesting essay featured at DAM.

5800K by Robin Rush and Tobias Laufer - based upon Professor Herbert W. Franke's short story "Fahrt ins Licht" (Journey into the Sky)

Dissertation by two students of University od Applied Sciences, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany based upon a short story by VIP WEBISM member Professor Herbert W. Franke.

Robin Rush: 5800K is an animated short film based on the short story "Fahrt zum Licht" by famous Herbert W. Franke, who also spoke the intro. It is our this years degree dissertation at the University of Applied Sciences in Augsburg.
For further information visit the homepage 5800k.de."

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