Derivadas de uma Imagem: Transformação em Grau Zero
Print
1971 (made)
1971 (made)
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Waldemar Cordeiro (1925-1973) was born in Italy and trained at the School of Fine Arts in Rome. He emigrated to Brazil in 1949 and soon became a prominent member of the Brazilian avant garde scene as one of the main theorists and practitioners of concrete art in that country.
In 1968, he became one of the first Brazilian artists to use a computer to create images, when he gained access to an IBM 360/44 computer in the Physics Department of the University of São Paulo. The original image, of which this is a later print, is thought to be one of the first computer-generated artworks made in Brazil. It is one of a series of images created by Cordeiro, with physicist Giorgio Moscati. Using the IBM 360/44 mainframe computer, Cordeiro and Moscati transformed a photograph of a romantic young couple into symbols that create lighter and darker tones.
In 1968, he became one of the first Brazilian artists to use a computer to create images, when he gained access to an IBM 360/44 computer in the Physics Department of the University of São Paulo. The original image, of which this is a later print, is thought to be one of the first computer-generated artworks made in Brazil. It is one of a series of images created by Cordeiro, with physicist Giorgio Moscati. Using the IBM 360/44 mainframe computer, Cordeiro and Moscati transformed a photograph of a romantic young couple into symbols that create lighter and darker tones.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Lithograph, after a computer generated impact print |
| Brief description | Derivadas de uma Imagem: Transformação em Grau Zero (Derivatives of an Image: Transformation in Degree Zero), by Waldemar Cordeiro and Giorgio Moscati, lithograph after impact print, Brazil, 1971 |
| Physical description | Lithograph showing an image of a romantic young couple made up of symbols that create lighter and darker tones. |
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| Gallery label | Chance and Control: Art in the Age of Computers (2018)
WALDEMAR CORDEIRO (1925–73) AND GIORGIO MOSCATI (DATES UNKNOWN)
Derivatives of an Image: Zero-Degree
Transformation (Derivadas de uma Imagem: Transformação
em Grau Zero)
Brazil, made 1969, printed 1971
This is thought to be one of the first computer artworks made in Brazil. It is one of a series of images created by the Italian-born Brazilian artist Waldemar Cordeiro, with physicist Giorgio Moscati. Using an IBM mainframe computer, Cordeiro and Moscati transformed a photograph of a romantic young couple into symbols that create lighter and darker tones.
Lithograph, after a computer-generated impact print
Given by Thomas Cordeiro Guedes and Grégoire Cordeiro Belhassen through the Mayor Gallery
Museum no. E.202-2018
(07/07/2018-18/11/2018) |
| Credit line | Given by Thomas Cordeiro Guedes and Grégoire Cordeiro Belhassen through the Mayor Gallery |
| Production | Made using an IMB 360/44 mainframe computer |
| Summary | Waldemar Cordeiro (1925-1973) was born in Italy and trained at the School of Fine Arts in Rome. He emigrated to Brazil in 1949 and soon became a prominent member of the Brazilian avant garde scene as one of the main theorists and practitioners of concrete art in that country. In 1968, he became one of the first Brazilian artists to use a computer to create images, when he gained access to an IBM 360/44 computer in the Physics Department of the University of São Paulo. The original image, of which this is a later print, is thought to be one of the first computer-generated artworks made in Brazil. It is one of a series of images created by Cordeiro, with physicist Giorgio Moscati. Using the IBM 360/44 mainframe computer, Cordeiro and Moscati transformed a photograph of a romantic young couple into symbols that create lighter and darker tones. |
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| Accession number | E.202-2018 |
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| Record created | November 27, 2017 |
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