(Image: Andy Warhol, Campbell’s, 1985, ©The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visuals Arts, Inc., courtesy of The Andy Warhol Museum)
A university computer club has rediscovered digital art created by Andy Warhol on an in 1985, including this version of his iconic .
The group from the freed the works from floppy discs that have been held in archives since 1994, but that had been inaccessible due to their obsolete format.
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The project came about after artist spotted a YouTube video of . The video inspired him to approach the museum about the fate of the rest of Warhol’s digital experiments. Enter the computer club, which is well known for its collection of obsolete hardware and retro software design skills.
Warhol’s original work was commissioned by Commodore, the maker of the much-loved Amiga, pictured below in all its glory.
(Image: Commodore Amiga computer equipment used by Andy Warhol 1985-86, courtesy of The Andy Warhol Museum)