[Maths-Education] Maths-Art Seminar at LKL, 12 January: 'Constructivism and Mathematics in the Art of Waldemar Cordeiro' by Fabrizio Augusto Poltronieri

[Phillip Kent]

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CONSTRUCTIVISM AND MATHEMATICS IN THE ART OF WALDEMAR CORDEIRO
An LKL Maths-Art seminar 
by Fabrizio Augusto Poltronieri
Thursday 12th January 2012, 6.00 - 7.30pm
London Knowledge Lab, WC1N 3QS

Waldemar Cordeiro (1925-1973) was a Brazilian artist involved with the
concrete movement in São Paulo, that can be understood as part of the
modern abstractionist movement. Cordeiro participated in the writing and
launch of the Concreto Manifesto, proclaiming a rupture with figurative
art. In the mid 1960s the artist started a partnership with Professor
Giorgio Moscati, a physicist at the University of São Paulo, in order to
produce computer art. The duo made a series of artworks based on
combinatorial analysis including images generated by derived functions.
This seminar discusses the scenario that led Cordeiro to approach the
mathematical rigour to produce artworks that addressed social, aesthetic
and 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 informational
systems 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 at: http://bit.ly/LKL-MathsArt-venue ]

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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Dr Phillip Kent, London Knowledge Lab
p.kent at ioe.ac.uk   phillip.kent at gmail.com 
www.phillipkent.net    m: 07950 952034
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