Artist Workshop (EN)
Zsofi Valyi-Nagy: Retrocomputing

Artist workshop with Zsofi Valyi-Nagy

Please register at: vermittlung@kunsthallewien.at

Meeting point: cash desk area

Language: English

Workshop fee: € 25
Reduced: € 15

Your workshop ticket allows you to visit the current exhibitions at Kunsthalle Wien free of charge.

The reduction applies to students, seniors, civil and military servants, apprentices and Kunsthalle Wien annual pass holders. This workshop offers a reserved contingent for holders of a ‘Hunger auf Kunst und Kultur’ culture pass.

Join artist and art historian Zsofi Valyi-Nagy for an interactive workshop exploring what it was like to program computer graphics before the Graphical User Interface (GUI) became commonplace. Using vintage computers and web-based emulators, you will learn to program your own graphics in the style of artist Vera Molnár using the programming language BASIC.

Vera Molnár (b. 1924, Budapest; d. 2023, Paris) was a pioneer of generative and computer art. From the late 1950s, Molnár employed simple algorithms to compose her abstract paintings and drawings, referring to her process as a machine imaginaire.