Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 8: Tooling Era (2000s)

2006

16 Études sur les origines de Blum by Vera Molnár

Artwork · Europe · Women Artists

The title-page spread of Vera Molnar's 16 Etudes sur les origines de Blum, with the line '... my name is Virag Lipoti of Szombathely ...' facing her overlaid lettering of SZOMBATHELY and VIRAG.
The title-page spread of Vera Molnar's 16 Etudes sur les origines de Blum, with the line '... my name is Virag Lipoti of Szombathely ...' facing her overlaid lettering of SZOMBATHELY and VIRAG. Vera Molnar, 16 Etudes sur les origines de Blum, 2006. Collection Leo J. M. Koenders, jamesjoycesnotgreen.com.

The grande dame herself, Vera Molnár, ventured into the literary domain with an unlikely commissioned tribute to James Joyce’s Ulysses. Commissioned in 2006 by Leo Kanders in Zurich, Molnár’s tribute involved sixteen studies that resonated with the intricate layering of language seen in Ulysses, reflecting Joyce’s knack for infusing words with dense, enigmatic qualities. The work demonstrates Molnár’s continued activity into the new millennium.

Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random.

Sources

People

James Joyce, Leo Kanders, Vera Molnár

Movements

Computer Text, generative art

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Ideas
Computer Text, generative art, language, literature
People
James Joyce, Leo Kanders, Vera Molnár
Works
16 Études sur les origines de Blum, Ulysses
Places
Zurich

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