Excerpts from Siah Armajani's Films

In 1970, Siah Armajani began working at the Hybrid Computer Laboratory at the University of Minnesota on a computer capable of printing onto 16mm celluloid. He produced a small series of films that explore how mathematical equations and computer programming can be used to generate the illusion of three-dimensional space and the passage of time on one-dimensional surfaces.

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Featured artworks:

To Perceive 10,000 Different Squares in 6 Minutes and 55 Seconds, 1970
Computer-generated 16mm film transferred to digital file, 7 min. 37 sec.
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Gift of the artist, 2015

Before/After, 1970
Computer-generated 16mm film transferred to digital file, 1 min. 50 sec.
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Gift of the artist, 2015

Inside/Outside, 1970
Computer-generated 16mm film transferred to digital file, 1 min. 40 sec.
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Gift of the artist

Rotating Line, 1970
Computer-generated 16mm film transferred to digital file, 1 min. 26 sec.
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Gift of the artist, 2015

Line, 1970
Computer-generated 16mm film transferred to digital file, 1 min. 16 sec.
Courtesy the artist and Rossi & Rossi

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Siah Armajani: Follow This Line, on view at The Met Breuer from February 20 through June 2, 2019.

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All works created at the Hybrid Computer Laboratory, University of Minnesota.

© Siah Armajani