Centro de Arte y Comunicación
The Centro de Arte y Comunicación (CAyC) was an arts organization based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that was instrumental in creating an international arts movement based on the ideas of systems art within conceptual art.
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Centro de Arte y Comunicación
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- 1968
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- Argentina
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The Centro de Arte y Comunicación (CAyC) was an arts organization based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that was instrumental in creating an international arts movement based on the ideas of systems art within conceptual art.
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History
History
In August 1968, CAyC was established as a multidisciplinary workshop by Víctor Grippo, Jacques Bedel, Luis Fernando Benedit, Alfredo Portillos, Clorindo Testa, Jorge Glusberg, and Jorge González. Jorge Glusberg was the main leader associated with CAyC. In 1971, the "Grupo de los Trece" was created by Polish theater director Jerzy Grotowski. There were 13 artists who made up the group: Jacques Bedel, Luis Fernándo Benedit, Gregorio Dujovny, Carlos Ginsburg, Jorge Glusberg, Victor Grippo, Jorge González Mir, Vicente Lucas Marotta, Luis Pazos, Alfredo Portillos, Juan Carlos Romero, Julio Teich, and Horacio Zabala. Additional artists who later joined were Leopoldo Maler and Clorindo Testa. In 1975, the group were formally named the "Grupo CAyC." The work was centered around the concept of "Arte de Sistemas" or Systemic Art, as well as cybernetics in Argentina. In 1972, the "Scuola de Altos Estudios del CAyC" aka "Escuela de Altos Estudios" / "Escuela de Altos Estudios del Centro de Arte y Comunicación" was founded. In the seventies CAyC became an international center for the Pop art-culture and the famous Museo de Arquitectura. Well-known teachers at CAyC have included Justus Dahinden and Mario Botta. From 1968 until his death in early 2012, Jorge Glusberg was the Director of CAyC.
Selected exhibitions
Selected exhibitions
• 1972: Art Systems in Latin America, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina) • 1973: Antonio Dias, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina) • 1973: Arte Contemporânea Brasileira, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina) • 1973: Expo-Projeção 73, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina) • 1974: Festival Experimental, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina) • 1974: Vanguardia Brasileña, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina) • 1974/1975: Art & Systems in Latin America, ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts (London, Argentina) • 1975: Julio Plaza, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina) • 1975: Regina Silveira, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina) • 1975: Bernardo Krasniansky, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina) • 1976: 20 Artistas Brasileños, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina) • 1977: Regina Silveira, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina) • 1977: Image and Words, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina) • 1979: Ocupación Topológica, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina) • 1980: Sérgio de Camargo, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina) • 1985: Nueva Pintura Brasileña, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Identity
Identity
Centro de Arte y Comunicación is recorded as founded by Jorge Glusberg. Associated with Argentina. Recorded from 1968.
Course of the movement
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Course of the movement
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1968
Centro de Arte y Comunicación first recorded.
1968
Centro de Arte y Comunicación is recorded from 1968.
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Digitised editions and texts
The “Centro de Arte y Comunicación” - CAYC (Buenos Aires, 1968-1979) (2017) — DataCite (Transregional Academies)
Translating Arte de Sistemas: The Centro de Arte y Comunicación in Buenos Aires and Abroad, 1969-1977 (2023) — DataCite (Temple University
Latin American conceptualism and the problem of ideology: the Centro de Arte y Comunicación at the São Paulo Bienal, 1977 (2016) — DataCite (University of Texas at Austin)
Primary material
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- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500306674, Centro de Arte y Comunicación.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1054333: Centro de Arte y Comunicación
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- “Centro de Arte y Comunicación”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Literature
Literature
Literature
La auto-invención del CAYC -Centro de Arte y Comunicación- desde la perspectiva transmoderna y transregional
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Literature
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- 1.Sarti, Graciela. Grupo CAyC. Centro Virtual de Arte Argentino. March 2013.
- 2.Kalyva, Eve. Image and Text in Conceptual Art: Critical Operations in Context. Palgrave Macmillan. 80–102. 2016. 978-3-319-45086-5.
- 3.Mariátegui, José-Carlos. Cybernetics and systems art in Latin America: the art and communication center (CAyC) and its pioneering art and technology network. AI & Society. 37. 3. 1071–1084. September 2022. 0951-5666.
- 4.Ravilious, Ella. Centro de Arte y Comunicación (CAyC). Victoria and Albert Museum. 8 July 2016.
- 5.Tortosa, Alina. The Glusberg affair in focus. Buenos Aires Herald. 14 December 2003.
- 6.Williams-Wynn, Christopher. Uneven Environmentality: The Discordance of Cybernetic Control at the Centro de Arte y Comunicación, 1971-1973. Grey Room. 97. 46–75. 2024. 10.1162/grey_a_00411.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- University of Iowa Libraries. Centro de Arte y Comunicación (CAyC) Papers (1970-1980) – MsC 759. February 2004.
- X Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura 2005. CAyC.
- Sarti, Graciela. Grupo CAyC. Centro Virtual de Arte Argentino. March 2013.
- Kalyva, Eve. Image and Text in Conceptual Art: Critical Operations in Context. Palgrave Macmillan. 80–102. 2016. 978-3-319-45086-5.
- Mariátegui, JC. Cybernetics and systems art in Latin America: the art and communication center (CAyC) and its pioneering art and technology network. AI & Soc 37, 1071–1084 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-021-01341-7
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