Grupo de Arte y Cibernética Buenos Aires

Grupo de Arte y Cibernética Buenos Aires was founded in Argentina, in March 1969 by Jorge Glusberg through the Centro de Arte y Comunicación (CAyC). The group emerged after Glusberg became interested in the work of the Japanese Computer Technique Group (CTG), whose members were creating computer-generated art. He brought together a group of Argentine artists to investigate the creative possibilities of computers and computer-generated imagery. The collective included Luis Fernando Benedit, Antonio Berni, Ernesto Deira, Eduardo Mac Entyre, Mario Mariño, Miguel Ángel Vidal, Osvaldo Romberg, Rogelio Polesello, and others. The group remained active until 1973.

The group's activities reflected a growing interest in the relationship between art, communication, and technology. Working with programmers, engineers, and systems analysts, its members used computers and plotters to produce computer-generated works and explore how computers could be used in artistic practice. Through these projects, they examined how information and systems could be translated into visual form, drawing on ideas from cybernetics and systems theory. Through exhibitions, publications, and collaborations with artists and institutions abroad, the group participated in an international exchange of ideas about the creative use of computers. By sharing their work alongside artists and organizations in Japan, Europe, and North America, they became part of an emerging international network of artistic and technological exchange.

Beginning with Arte y Cibernética in Buenos Aires in 1969, the group's work was presented through a series of exhibitions in Argentina and abroad. Other notable showcases included Grupo de Arte y Cibernética Buenos Aires y Computer Technique Group of Tokyo at Galería Bonino in 1969, Computer Graphic 70 at Brunel University in 1970, and Grupo de Arte y Cibernética at the Centro de Arte y Comunicación in 1971. Its work has since been documented in archives, exhibitions, and scholarly publications examining the history of computer art, cybernetics, and art and technology in Latin America.