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Location: London Knowledge Lab
Host/Speaker: Fabrizio Augusto Poltronieri
Date and Time:
Thursday, 12 January 2012, 18:00 - 19:00
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CONSTRUCTIVISM AND MATHEMATICS IN THE ART OF WALDEMAR CORDEIRO
Waldemar Cordeiro (1925-1973) was a Brazilian artist involved with theconcrete movement in São Paulo, that can be understood as part of themodern abstractionist movement. Cordeiro participated in the writing andlaunch of the Concreto Manifesto, proclaiming a rupture with figurativeart. In the mid 1960s the artist started a partnership with ProfessorGiorgio Moscati, a physicist at the University of São Paulo, in order toproduce computer art. The duo made a series of artworks based oncombinatorial analysis including images generated by derived functions.This seminar discusses the scenario that led Cordeiro to approach themathematical rigour to produce artworks that addressed social, aestheticand technological questions.
FABRIZIO AUGUSTO POLTRONIERI is a Brazilian artist and mathematician.His PhD thesis at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo(PUC-SP) was titled "An analysis of the role of chance in computer art:Reflections on the relationship between aesthetic and informationalsystems of communication". Currently, Poltronieri is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Royal College of Art in London.
TIME: 6.00 to 7.30pm
PLACE: London Knowledge Lab, 23-29 Emerald St, London, WC1N 3QS -Travel information & maps
NEXT SEMINAR: 9 February, speaker TBA.
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+++ Best wishes for a happy and mathematical new year 2012 from the LKL Maths-Art team! In January we start the 6th year of monthly seminars! We would like to thank all of the speakers and participants who have contributed to the continuing success of the seminars. +++
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