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A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z— Eduardo Mac Entyre (1929, Buenos Aires, AR) is a self-taught artist. 1959 founding member of the group Movimiento de Arte Generativo, Buenos Aires. 1969 member of the Grupo de Arte y Cibernética Buenos Aires. He lives in Buenos Aires. — Heinz Mack (1931, Lollar, DE) studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (1950–1953, grad. 1953) and philosophy at the University of Cologne (grad. 1956). 1956–1964 worked as an art teacher. 1957–1966 founding member of ZERO, Düsseldorf, with Otto Piene. 1958–1961 co-editor of ZERO magazine. 1967 moved to Mönchengladbach. 1968–1992 member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin. He lives in Mönchengladbach, DE. — Max Hermann Mahlmann (1912, Hamburg, DE – 2000, Wedel, DE) studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste Dresden (1934–1938) after internships in a graphic design studio and in a stage painting theater department. 1949 member of gruppe, Hamburg. 1949–1958 lecturer at the Kunstschule Alsterdamm, Hamburg. 1958–1977 lecturer in the design department of the Fachhochschule Hamburg. — Gudrun Mahlmann-Piper (1917, Kobe, JP) studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and the Hochschule für bildende Künste Berlin (1937–1943) after she moved to Germany in 1927. 1944 moved to Bavaria, where she studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, Munich (1946–1948). She lives in Wedel, DE. — Branimir Makanec (1932, Koprivnica, today HR) graduated in 1961 from the Faculty of Electric Engineering, University of Zagreb. 1962 founder of Grupa kibernetičara at the University of Zagreb. 1964 designed the first electronic classroom in the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Dr. Mladen Stojanović Hospital in Zagreb. He taught librarianship, documentation, and information science at the Center for Postgraduate Studies and worked as an educational advisor at the Zavod za unapređenje stručnog obrazovanja (SRH) at the University of Zagreb. 1970 co-founder of the multimedia center of the University of Zagreb. — Tomás Maldonado (1922, Buenos Aires, AR) studied at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes Prilidiano Pueyrredón and the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes Manuel Belgrano, Buenos Aires (1936–1942). 1944 co-founder of Asociación Arte Concreto-Invención and 1945 of Arte Madí. 1951 co-founder of the review Nueva Visión. 1954–1967 taught at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Ulm (HfG). 1964–1966 rector of the HfG. 1964 created with Gui Bonsiepe a system of codes for the design program of the Italian firm Olivetti. 1967–1970 guest professor at the School of Architecture, Princeton University. 1976–1984 professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature, University of Bologna. 1976–1991 professor of environmental design, Politecnico di Milano. He lives in Milan, IT. — Frank J. Malina (1912, Brenham, TX, USA – 1981, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR) studied mechanical engineering at Texas A&M University (grad. 1934) and at the California Institute of Technology (1935 M.S. mechanical engineering, 1936 M.S. aeronautical engineering, 1940 Ph.D. areonautics). Since 1934 involved in the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory (GALCIT). 1942–1946 assistant professor at the California Institute of Technology. 1942 co-founder of the Aerojet Corporation. 1944 co-founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA. Malina was its first director. 1944/1945 led team that developed WAC Corporal rocket, the first sucessful U.S. high altitude sounding rocket. 1947 consultant to the Department of Natural Sciences, UNESCO. 1951 became head of UNESCO’s division of scientific research. From 1953 engagement with Kinetic art. Late 1950s returned to rocketry and helped to found the International Academy of Astronautics. Since 1956 created the system Lumidyne. 1960 member of the founding committee of the International Academy of Astronautics and president of the Lunar International Laboratory Committee. 1960–1965 coeditor of Astronomica Acta. 1963 president of the International Academy of Astronautics. 1967 founder of the journal Leonardo. — Robert Mallary (1917, Toledo, OH, USA – 1997, Northampton, MA, USA) studied at the Escuela de las Artes del Libro, Mexico City (1938/1939), the Painter’s Workshop School in Boston (1941), and the Academia de San Carlos in Mexico City (1942/1943). 1942/1943 worked with José Clemente Orozco on a research project on experimental media. 1949/1950 taught at the California School of Art, Los Angeles. 1950–1954 taught at the Hollywood Art Center School. 1959–1967 taught at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, and 1967–1996 at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. 1963/1964 Guggenheim Fellow. Member of Experiments in Art and Technnology (E.A.T.). — Piero Manzoni (1933, Soncino, IT – 1963, Milan, IT) was a self-taught artist. 1958 founded the Galleria Azimut and the magazine Azimuth with Enrico Castellani and Agostino Bonalumi. — Alberto Marangoni (1943, Giussano, IT) studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan. 1964 founding member of Gruppo MID and since 1972 MID Design / Communicazione Visiva. 1973–1976 member of the steering committee of the Associazione per il Disegno Industriale (ADI). 1977–2007 taught experimental project development and basic design at the Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche di Urbino. Since 1992 owner of Studio Marangoni/Design. — John S. Margolies ([–]) was assistant editor of Architectural Record (1964–1968) and worked as a freelance writer and photographer on architecture, arts, and mass media for magazines such as Architectural Forum, Progressive Architecture, and Art in America. He directed the Architectural League of New program of lectures and exhibitions (1966–1968). 1969 worked as a critic at the American Federation of Arts, New York. — Enzo Mari (1932, Novara, IT) studied literature at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan. He taught at the Politecnico di Milano, the Centro Studi di Comunicazione Visiva at the University of Parma, the Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara, and the Scuola Umanitaria in Milan. He lives in Milan, IT. — Mario Marino (1934, [–]) studied industrial design and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Buenos Aires. He was a member of Grupo de Arte y Cibernética Buenos Aires since 1969. He is emeritus professor of the University of Buenos Aires. — Jean-Claude Marquette (1946, Juvisy-sur-Orge, FR) studied arts and graphics at the École Estienne in Paris and fine arts and informatics at the University of Vincennes, now University of Paris VIII. 1970 member of the Groupe Art et Informatique de Vincennes. 1970–1976 worked for Galerie Denise René, Paris. He lives in Paris, FR. — Kenneth Martin (1905, Sheffield, UK – 1984, London, UK) studied at the Sheffield School of Art (1921–1923 and 1927–1929) and at the Royal College of Art in London (1929–1932). — Manfredo Massironi (1937, Padua, IT) studied architecture and industrial design in Venice. 1959–1964 member of Gruppo N. 1965/1966 member of Gruppo enne 65. He lives in Padua. — Slavko Matković (1948, Subotica, today RS – 1994, Subotica) is a writer and worked as a bookseller. 1969 founding member of Bosch+Bosch. — Almir Mavignier (1925, Rio de Janeiro, BR) studied painting in Rio de Janeiro (1945–1951) and visual communications at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Ulm (HfG) (1953–1958). 1965–1990 professor of painting at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg. He lives in Hamburg, DE. — Giuseppe Mazzariol ([–]) art historian. Former professor at the University Iuav of Venice. — MBB Computer Graphics From 1971 to 1972 the aerospace company Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB), based in Ottobrunn near Munich, engaged with computer graphics at the initiative of Winfried Fischer, head of MBB Press Relations. The MBB employees Frank Böttger, Aron Warszawski, and Rolf Wölk created computer graphics, as well as the invited artist Sylvie Roubaud, who collaborated with the programmer Gerold Weiss. In 1972, the freelance author and publisher Johann Willsberger edited the book Computer Graphics for MBB. — Matko Meštrović (1933, Brna, Korčula, today HR) studied art history and culture at the University of Zagreb (grad. 1958, Ph.D. 1978). 1956–1964 worked as art critic for Radio Zagreb. 1959–1966 founding member of Gorgona. 1960s worked for the Centar za industrijsko oblikovanje (Cio)., Zagreb, and for the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID). 1964–1968 head of information department at the Centar za industrijsko oblikovanje, Zagreb. 1969 editor of bit international 4. 1969/1970 lived in the United States, participation in an interdisciplinary research program. 1970 1987 consultant to the general manager of Radio-televizija Zagreb. 1987–1992 director of the Institute for the Culture of Croatia. He lives in Zagreb, HR. — Gustav Metzger (1926, Nuremberg, DE) came to England in 1939 as a child refugee from Germany (Refugee Children Movement). Has been stateless since the 1940s. Studied woodwork at the Technical College in Leeds and art at the Cambridge School of Art and Borough Polytechnic in London. 1959 published the first of three manifestos on auto-destructive art. Organized international “Destruction in Art Symposium” (Dias ). 1969 became editor of PAGE, the bulletin of the London Computer Arts Society. He lives in London, UK. — Leslie Mezei (1931, Budapest, HU) studied physics and mathematics at McGill University, Montreal (B.S. 1953) and the University of Toronto (M.A. 1954). 1954–1964 programmer, system analyst, and manager in Toronto. 1965–1978 associate professor of computer science at the University of Toronto. Founder of Computer Graphics Group. In the late 1960s he developed the early computer graphics languages SPARTA and ARTA. 1968/1969 collaboration with Frieder Nake, whom he had invited to Toronto as a postdoctoral fellow. Produced computer art with random and algorithmic graphic transformations. Member of the Board of Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) and other organizations. He lives in Toronto, CA. — Edwin Mieczkowski (1929, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art (B.F.A. 1957) and the Carnegie Mellon University (M.F.A. 1959), Pittsburgh. He was a professor at the Cleveland Institute of Art. 1960–1971 founding member of Anonima Group. He lives in Cleveland, OH, USA. — Tomislav Mikulić (1953, Bobota, today HR) studied electrical engineering at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing of the University of Zagreb (from 1971) and at the Akademija likovnih umjetnosti u Zagrebu, Zagreb (from 1972). 1974 developed computer program for animation at the multimedia center of the University of Zagreb. 1980–1991 head of design department at TV Zagreb, later Croatian TV. 1998–2002 worked as a senior graphic artist at Channel 7, Melbourne. From 2002 he worked for Monash University, AU. Since 1992 he lives in Melbourne, AU. — Peter Milojević (Petar Milojević) (1936, [–], today Kosovo) studied electrical engineering at the University of Belgrade. 1960 emigration to Canada. 1963/1964 first courses in computing. 1965 joined the computer center at McGill University, Montreal, where he was chief operator. From 1965 used computers for experimental artistic graphics. He moved to Ottawa in 1969 to join Information Science Industry (ISI). 1970 consultant for the Ministry of Urban Affairs of the Federal Government. He lives in Toronto, CA. — Manfred Mohr (1938, Pforzheim, DE) studied at the Kunst- und Werkschule Pforzheim (1957–1961) and the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris (1964–1967). 1963–1983 studio in Paris. 1969 created his first computer graphics. He lives in New York, NY, USA. — Abraham A. Moles (1920, [–] – 1992, Strasbourg, FR) studied science and law in Grenoble, Paris, and Aix-en-Provence (1942 diploma in electrical engineering at the Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, 1952 Ph.D. in electroacoustics, 1956 Ph.D. in philosophy at the Paris-Sorbonne University). 1945–1954 worked as a researcher at the Laboratoire d’acoustique et de vibrations and the Laboratoire d’études mécaniques at the CNRS in Marseille. 1952–1965 consultant of Radio France. From 1952 worked at the Centre d’études radiophoniques of the RTF. 1954–1960 research at the Laboratoire d’électroacoustique Scherchen, Gravesano, IT. 1956 researcher at MIT, Cambridge, and Columbia University, New York. 1959–1965 professor at the École d’organisation du travail in Paris. 1961–1966 teaching assignment at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Ulm [Ulm School of Design]. 1961 taught sociology at the University of Strasbourg. 1966–1987 professor at the University of Strasbourg, where he founded the chair of social psychology of communications in 1966. — Francois Molnár (Ferenc Molnár) (1922, Szentes, HU – 1993, Paris, FR) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest (grad. 1947). 1947 moved to Paris. 1952 studies in experimental psychology at the University of Paris. 1960 founding member of Centre de Recherche d’Art Visuel. In November 1960 left the Centre before it was renamed Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel (GRAV) in 1961. From 1963 worked at the Institut d’Esthétique et des Sciences de l’Art, University of Paris I. From 1969 taught at the University of Paris. Director of research at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS). Director of the Centre de Recherche Expérimentale et Informatique des Arts Visuels, University of Paris I. — Jane Moon ([–]) studied at the University of California, Irvine (B.S. and M.S.). Worked for Burroughs Corporation, University of California, Irvine, California Computer Products, Hughes Aircraft Company, Collins Radio Company, and Raytheon Company. Faculty member of California State University, Fullerton, and the University of California, Irvine. Her initial contact with computer art was at California Computer Products. — Marcello Morandini (1940, Mantua, IT) studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan. He started a career as a designer for a Milanese company and later as a graphic designer at an architectural firm. He lives in Varese, IT. — Francois Morellet (1926, Cholet, FR) is a self-taught artist. 1960 founding member of the Centre de Recherche d’Art Visuel. 1961 founding member of the Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel (GRAV). He lives in Cholet. — Giorgio Moscati ([–]) 1967–1969 and 1970 collaboration with Waldemar Cordeiro on computer graphics. 1970 visiting scientist at the University of Liverpool. Director of scientific and industrial metrology at Inmetro, the Brazilian National Metrology Organization. Professor of physics at the University of Sao Paulo. Vice president of the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM). — Leonardo Mosso (1926, Turin, IT) studied architecture at the Politecnico di Torino. 1951–1955 worked in the architecture office of his father Nicola Mosso. 1955–1958 worked in the studio of Alvar Aalto in Helsinki. Since 1963 collaboration with Laura Castagno. 1961–1986 professor at the Politecnico di Torino. 1970 founder, with Laura Castagno, of the Centro Studi di Cibernetica Ambientale e Architettura Programmata and the Centro Studi Aaltiani di Torino, later Istituto Alvar Aalto. He lives in Pino Torinese, IT. — Vladimir Muljević (1913, Zagreb, today HR – 2007, Zagreb) studied engineering at the University of Zagreb (grad. 1939) and technical sciences at the Technische Hochschule Wien, Vienna (Ph.D. 1944). From 1949 worked at the Faculty of Electrotechnical Engineering at the University of Zagreb. Founder of the department of automation and computer engineering, University of Zagreb. 1966–1968 chairman of the Faculty of Electrotechnical Engineering, University of Zagreb. Since 1997 professor emeritus. — Jo Gotthart Müller (1936, Mauer, today PL) studied engineering until 1956 (no grad.) and worked as a constructor for a bus producer in Ulm. Attended early lectures at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Ulm (HfG) and studied fine arts from 1958 at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, Munich, under Ernst Geitlinger. In 1964 discontinued his career as an artist and worked as an architect as of 1969. 1971 founding member of an architectural office with Axel Klamke and Kai von Döring in Munich. He lives in Munich, DE. — Bruno Munari (1907, Milan, IT – 1998, Milan) studied at the Politecnico di Milano and worked for his uncle’s engineering office. Self-taught artist. 1948 founding member of Movimento Arte Concreta (MAC) in Milan and its head from 1953 to 1954, published the bulletin of MAC. In 1962 organized the exhibition Arte programmata, Olivetti Showroom, Milan. |
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