'T.V.C.= =20=68179'
Print
1971 (made)
1971 (made)
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This impact print was created by the Italian-born artist Edward Zajec, in collaboration with Matjaz Hmeljak. It forms part of a series entitled The Cube: Theme and Variations (T.V.C.). The three dimensional effect is produced by repeating a small number of characters, some of them in a bold typeface.
Zajec studied painting in Ljubljana, Slovenia, then at Ohio University, in the United States. He started to use computers in 1968, at a time when he was experimenting with the concept of redundancy in his paintings. He returned to Italy in 1970 and worked at the University of Trieste. In 1980 he moved back to the United States, where he founded the computer art programme at Syracuse University.
Zajec has created and exhibited many computer graphic works, plus interactive projects and digital films. He took part in the ground-breaking Tendencies 4 exhibition in Zagreb (1968 -9) and also showed five works from the T.V.C. series in Tendencies 5 (1973).
Matjaz Hmeljak has worked as computer programmer, artist and Computer Science university professor. Matjaz Hmeljak and Edward Zajec met during Zajec's time in Italy, and worked on four computer art four projects together between 1970 to 1980: TVC (1970-1973) as shown here, as well as Marko Sections (1974), Logical Moments in Color LMC (1975), Matrix (1976), HPS (1980).
Zajec studied painting in Ljubljana, Slovenia, then at Ohio University, in the United States. He started to use computers in 1968, at a time when he was experimenting with the concept of redundancy in his paintings. He returned to Italy in 1970 and worked at the University of Trieste. In 1980 he moved back to the United States, where he founded the computer art programme at Syracuse University.
Zajec has created and exhibited many computer graphic works, plus interactive projects and digital films. He took part in the ground-breaking Tendencies 4 exhibition in Zagreb (1968 -9) and also showed five works from the T.V.C. series in Tendencies 5 (1973).
Matjaz Hmeljak has worked as computer programmer, artist and Computer Science university professor. Matjaz Hmeljak and Edward Zajec met during Zajec's time in Italy, and worked on four computer art four projects together between 1970 to 1980: TVC (1970-1973) as shown here, as well as Marko Sections (1974), Logical Moments in Color LMC (1975), Matrix (1976), HPS (1980).
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts. |
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| Materials and techniques | Impact print on fanfold paper |
| Brief description | Impact print on fanfold paper, 'T.V.C.= =20=68179', by Edward Zajec, Italy, Trieste, 1971 |
| Physical description | This square format computer print-out (or impact print on fanfold paper) shows an image created by repeating various symbols. The five characters I - = * and 8 are used to create cuboid shapes that have a simple 3-D effect. The series title, number and date and included at the bottom, along with the surnames of the programmer and artist. The fanfold paper is signed and dated by the artist in pencil. The sheet is folded around a card to create its square format. |
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| Gallery label | Chance and Control: Art in the Age of Computers (2018)
EDWARD ZAJEC (born 1938) AND MATJAZ HMELJAK (born 1941)
‘T.V.C.= =20=68179’ from the series The Cube: Theme and Variations (T.V.C.)
Italy, 1971
This impact print forms part of a series in which the Italian-born artist Edward Zajec explores the influence of probability or chance in the arrangement of the shapes. The three-dimensional effect is produced by using heavily-inked characters to create the shaded areas. It was created by Zajec in collaboration with Matjaz Hmeljak, a computer programmer at the University of Trieste, Italy.
Computer-generated impact print
Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Patric Prince
Museum no. E.970-2008(07/07/2018-18/11/2018) |
| Credit line | Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Patric Prince |
| Summary | This impact print was created by the Italian-born artist Edward Zajec, in collaboration with Matjaz Hmeljak. It forms part of a series entitled The Cube: Theme and Variations (T.V.C.). The three dimensional effect is produced by repeating a small number of characters, some of them in a bold typeface. Zajec studied painting in Ljubljana, Slovenia, then at Ohio University, in the United States. He started to use computers in 1968, at a time when he was experimenting with the concept of redundancy in his paintings. He returned to Italy in 1970 and worked at the University of Trieste. In 1980 he moved back to the United States, where he founded the computer art programme at Syracuse University. Zajec has created and exhibited many computer graphic works, plus interactive projects and digital films. He took part in the ground-breaking Tendencies 4 exhibition in Zagreb (1968 -9) and also showed five works from the T.V.C. series in Tendencies 5 (1973). Matjaz Hmeljak has worked as computer programmer, artist and Computer Science university professor. Matjaz Hmeljak and Edward Zajec met during Zajec's time in Italy, and worked on four computer art four projects together between 1970 to 1980: TVC (1970-1973) as shown here, as well as Marko Sections (1974), Logical Moments in Color LMC (1975), Matrix (1976), HPS (1980). |
| Associated object | E.971-2008 (Version) |
| Bibliographic reference | Leavitt, Ruth, ed. The artist and the computer. New York: Harmony Books, 1975. p. 52-53. |
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| Accession number | E.970-2008 |
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| Record created | June 8, 2009 |
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