Ever since it was founded, the CAYC (Centro de Arte y Comunicación), helmed by the cultural promoter, artist, and businessman Jorge Glusberg, was intended as an interdisciplinary space where an experimental art movement could flourish. The establishment of collaborative networks connecting local and international artists and critics played an important role in this process. In addition to the exhibitions, a program of different activities provided viewers with a greater chance of seeing the latest innovations in art and scientific thought. According to Glusberg, the coordination between theoretical thinking and artistic practice was a key factor in the achievement of social change.
During the military dictatorship of General Juan Carlos Onganía, the CAYC became a cultural home for the Fundación de Investigación Interdisciplinaria, a space that welcomed a group of dissident professors from the Facultad de Arquitectura y Ciencias Exactas de la Universidad de Buenos Aires after the military takeover of the institution in what came to be known as “La Noche de los Bastones Largo in June 1966.
This newsletter invites readers to sign up for “Modelos y estructuras,” a course to be taught by Gregorio Klimovsky (1922–2009), which will address the potential for creativity when the philosophy of science and mathematical logic work together. In 1969 Klimovsky—and a group of engineers, analysts, and programmers managed by Ricardo Ferraro and Julio Guibourg—took part in the first exhibition at the center, Arte y Cibernética (GT-23; doc. no. 1476279). This show established the CAYC’s experimental credentials, which were in line with initiatives being presented on the international stage that aimed to highlight the potential of working with new technologies for creative purposes and the need to adopt an interdisciplinary approach that would “reflect the period in which we live.” The center’s program of activities expanded theoretical frameworks that were applicable to the creative process. At a fundamental level, these ideas and activities all sought to define Glusberg’s original approach.
