Chimera

I combined both of the artworks from the Victoria and Albert museum in London to do the computerised visual of the Salt Cellar Ship. It’s a mix of antique and modern mixed together. Created on my computer to get the specific effect like Cordeiro and Moscati.

Salt Cellar (The Burghley Nef) 1527-1528
France, Paris nautilus shell with gilded silver mount. Here a nautilus shell has been used for a salt cellar in the form of a ship (nef in french). By using the theme of a ship, the artist played on the maritime source of both salt and shell. Another allusion is to the fictional lovers Tristan and Isolde, who can be seen playing chess near the mast. Nef would have been placed in front of the guest of honour, with the salt in a small bowl on the deck.


Waldemar Cordeiro (1925-73), and Giorgio Moscati (dates unknown)
Brazil, made 1969, printed 1971 lithograph printed computer created print. This is thought to be one of the first computer artworks made in brazil. It is one of a series of images created by the Italian born Brazilian artist Waldemar Corderio, with physicist Giorgio Moscati. Using an IBM computer, Cordeiro and Moscati transformed a photograph of a young couple into symbols, creating lighter and darker tones.