Materialization and materiality in the geometry of Almada

During his career, Almada Negreiros valued both his work on murals and geometric research, the latter more intensely in the latter part of his life. In this lecture we will present some works that are located at the junction of these two interests, namely the facades of the University City, the panels of the Mathematics Building in Coimbra and the panel Begin, in the lobby of the Gulbenkian Foundation headquarters.

Pedro Freitas is Assistant Professor at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. He received his PhD in Mathematics in 1999 from the University of Illinois at Chicago. In addition to conducting chair work and research, fundamentally in the history of mathematics and recreational mathematics, he is also dedicated to topics of dissemination and interdisciplinary, namely the relationship between mathematics and art.


 Simão Palmeirim He has a degree in Painting (FBAUL), a Masters in Fine Arts (Central Saint Martins) and a PhD in Art Sciences (FBAUL). He works as an independent curator, cultural mediator, and teaches the “Art and Mathematics” training for the Plano Nacional das Artes. His recent research is dedicated to geometric abstractionism, paying particular attention to the work of Almada Negreiros.

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