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.