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Continuing the series on genart pioneers.

Born 1922 in Sevilla, Spain, Manuel Barbadillo applied since the early 1960s computers to further develop his concepts in constructivism and arabic ornaments, resulting in his monochromatic and square modules.

This is the type of work I’ve seen from him.

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This is the type of work I’ve seen from him. https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O152188/adfera-print-barbadillo-manuel/

There is an article from 1972 by Michael Thompson (who wrote several articles on early computer art) that describes the model:

Art and code since 1994. https://linktr.ee/mariuswatz

There is an article from 1972 by Michael Thompson (who wrote several articles on early computer art) that describes the model: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/6/article/597936