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Slant Tree

Print
2015 (printed), 1969 (computer-generated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Auro Lecci was one of the first artists to exhibit computer graphics at a biennale, initially at Nuremberg (1969) and then at Venice (1970). Lecci started to generate computer graphics in 1968 in collaboration with Cnuce (Centro Nazionale Universitario di Calcolo Elettronico), the national university computing centre in Pisa, Italy. He experimented with algorithmic procedures and taught himself to program. His use of geometric forms, characterised by exactitude and formal order, reflect the constructivist influence of ‘machine aesthetics’ on his practice.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleSlant Tree (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Created after a colour plotter drawing written in Fortran programming language with a random number routine that generated linear patterns
Brief description
Slant Three, Auro Lecci, digital print (2015) after a coloured plotter drawing
Physical description
Design formed of diagonal lines of varying length
Dimensions
  • Height: 54cm
  • Length: 54cm
Production typeLimited edition
Copy number
1/3
Credit line
Given by the artist
Summary
Auro Lecci was one of the first artists to exhibit computer graphics at a biennale, initially at Nuremberg (1969) and then at Venice (1970). Lecci started to generate computer graphics in 1968 in collaboration with Cnuce (Centro Nazionale Universitario di Calcolo Elettronico), the national university computing centre in Pisa, Italy. He experimented with algorithmic procedures and taught himself to program. His use of geometric forms, characterised by exactitude and formal order, reflect the constructivist influence of ‘machine aesthetics’ on his practice.
Collection
Accession number
E.2664-2016

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Record createdDecember 11, 2015
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