JARDIM DE LUZ - DER LICHT-GARTEN

TANIA FRAGA .

ARTISTA . ARQUITETA . CIBERMUNDOS .

 

 mora e trabalha em São Paulo e Brasília

. Education
1974 - Bachelor in Architecture - Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
1980 - Master in Urban Planning - University of Brasília, Brazil.
1995 - Doctor in Communication and Semiotics - Doctorate thesis: "Interactive Stereoscopic Simulations" (the first Brazilian thesis in multimedia using CD-ROM as support), Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil.

. Employment

1987-1995 Adjunct Professor at the Department of Visual Arts at the University of BrasÌlia, Brazil.
1979-1987 Free lancer in Architecture with the realization of several projects; Fine Art activities with the realization of several exhibitions.
1974-1979 João Pinheiro Foundation realizing projects in urban planing, urban design and landscape design

. Membership and Activities
Associated Researcher at the Laboratory of Integrated Systems in Polytechnic School of Engineering in the University of São Paulo
Member of the National Association of Art Researches (ANPAP)
Member of the Institute of Architects of Brazil
Member of the Art Comission of the VIII Brazilian Symposium of Computer Graphics and Image Processing SIBIGRAPI'95

. Recent Exhibitions
1995 Art Show at the Brazilian Symposium of Computer Graphics and Image Processing Federal University of S„o Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
Interactive Stereoscopic Simulations Museum of Image and Sound, S„o Paulo, Brazil
1993 IV FISEA: The Art Factor (Minneapolis 93)
"The Artistic and Technological Production at the Brazilian Public Universities" Campo Grande, Brazil
"Virtual Reality Show - Atlantic Promotion" Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"Infoaesthetic" Brasília Art Museum, Brasília, Brazil
1991 "2nd. Infoaesthetic"
"Institute of Aesthetics and Sciences of Arts, University of Paris", Paris, France
"Infoaesthetic Group"
"Caixa Económica" Federal Bank, Brasília, Brazil

. Grants since 1986
1991-92 Visiting Scholar at the Computer Science Department in The George Washington University, with a grant from the Brazilian Postgraduate Education Federal Agency (CAPES).
1986 Artist in Residence at the artist colony "Alternative Work Site: the Bemis Project," in the United States, with a grant from the Fulbrigth Commission.

. Recent Publications
Fraga, Tania. (1994) "Simulações Estereoscópicas: Interatividade e Imersão" in Anais do Segundo Simpósio de Computação Gráfica em Arquitetura, Engenharia e Áreas Afins. Salvador: UFBA, 1994, pg. 81 à 86.
Fraga, Tania. (1994) "Interactive Stereoscopic Simulations" in Conference Proceedings of First Symposium Multimedia for Architecture and Urban Design. São Paulo: FAUUSP, abril 1994, pg. 81/87.
Fraga da Silva, Tania & Taunay, Maria Luiza. (1992) "The Phenomenon of Computer Art and the Possibilities of a New Aesthetic" in Conference Proceedings of Sixth National Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists. New York: New York School of Visual Arts, October 1992, pg. 278/291.

More information:www.lsi.usp.br/~tania e www.unb.br/vis/lvpa

. Tania Fraga

 

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