Slant Four
Print
2015 (printed), 1969 (computer-generated)
2015 (printed), 1969 (computer-generated)
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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
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Object type | |
Title | Slant Four (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 Four, Auro Lecci, digital print (2015) after a coloured plotter drawing |
Physical description | Design formed of diagonal lines of varying length |
Dimensions |
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Production type | Limited 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.2665-2016 |
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Record created | December 11, 2015 |
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