Recurrent Llull

Text Stream 7

“Recurrent Llull” (Text Stream 7) is a recursive algorithmic animation made with the collected works of Mediterranean philosopher and polymath Ramon Llull, born in the kingdom of Majorca in 1232. Among Llull’s accomplishments was the very first symbolic machine, a series of concentric circles that could be operated to generate combinations of “elemental truths”. The mechanistic approach to knowledge influenced Leibnitz and then Babbage to make the first mechanical computers. In this piece, Llull’s writing is animated along co-linear cylindrical cogs that unpredictably become detached and even revealed not as closed loops but endless spirals. The entire flow of typography is generative and is never repeated.

General info

Spanish name:

Lulio Recurrente

Year of creation:

2019

Standalone

Technique:

Custom generative code, computer, display

Dimensions:

Variable

Additional info:

Uses a single display

Keywords:

generator, video, indoor, database

Edition:

6 Editions, 2 AP

Collectors:

The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation and private collectors

Treatment

Technique:

Custom generative code, computer, displays

Dimensions:

Variable

Additional info:

Uses an array of 3 displays

Keywords:

generator, video, indoor, database

Edition:

1 Edition, 1 AP

Exhibitions

Zona MACO, Galería Max Estrella, Mexico City, México, 2024.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: EXCUSE YOU!, bitforms gallery, San Francisco, California, United States, 2023.
All Art Is Virtual, Thoma Foundation, Art Vault, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, 2022 - 2023.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Caudales, Casa de México España, Madrid, Spain, 2022.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Cercanía, Arsenal Art Contemporain, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2020.
Armory Show, Galería Max Estrella, New York City, New York, United States, 2020.
ARCO ‘20, Wilde Gallery, Madrid, Spain, 2020.
Untitled Art Fair, Galería Max Estrella, San Francisco, California, United States, 2020.
Untitled Art Fair, Galería Max Estrella, Miami, Florida, United States, 2019.