LookingOutwards-02

Maurizio Bolognini

I am interested in Bolognini’s work due to his interesting use of geometry and interplay between the two-dimensional and three-dimensional world. His installations basically show parallel lines moving through, across from, and against each other on a 2D surface, creating kilometres of infinite lines. Bolognini himself states that he does not consider himself a mere conceptual artist nor “an artist who creates certain images,” but “one whose machines have actually traced more lines than anyone else, covering boundless surfaces,” showing his installations’ “limitlessness in space and time, and the possibility of creating parallel universes of information made up of… infinite trajectories.”[1] From this statement, we know that Bolognini uses many infinite loops and possibly the random function to create countless possibilities. We also know that he programs the machines to create art and barely controls what goes on in his code once he finishes an installation.

Source: https://www.bolognini.org/intro.htm

[1] Sandra Solimano (ed.) (2005), Maurizio Bolognini. Programmed Machines 1990-2005, Genoa: Villa Croce Museum of Contemporary Art, Neos, p. 15.