Short Resumè 

Education

1974
Bachelor in Architecture
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

1980
Master in Urban Planning
University of Brasília, Brazil.

1995
Doctor in Communication and Semiotics
Doctorate thesis: "Interactive Stereoscopic Simulations" 
(the first Brazilian thesis in multimedia using CD-ROM as support)
Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil.


Employment

1987-1995
Adjunct Professor at the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Brasília, Brazil.

1979-1987
Free lancer in Architecture with the realization of several projects; 
Fine Art activities with the realization of several exhibitions.

1974-1979
João Pinheiro Foundation realizing projects in urban planing, urban design 
and landscape design


Membership and Activities

Associated Researcher at the Laboratory of Integrated Systems in Polytechnic 
School of Engineering in the University of São Paulo

Member of the National Association of Art Researches (ANPAP)

Member of the Institute of Architects of Brazil

Member of the Art Comission of the VIII Brazilian Symposium of Computer Graphics 
and Image Processing SIBIGRAPI'95

Recent Exhibitions

1995
Art Show at the Brazilian Symposium of Computer Graphics and Image Processing
Federal University of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Interactive Stereoscopic Simulations
Museum of Image and Sound, São Paulo, Brazil

1993
IV FISEA: The Art Factor (Minneapolis 93)

"The Artistic and Technological Production at the Brazilian Public Universities"
Campo Grande, Brazil

"Virtual Reality Show - Atlantic Promotion"
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

"Infoaesthetic"
Brasília Art Museum, Brasília, Brazil

1991
"2nd. Infoaesthetic"
"Institute of Aesthetics and Sciences of Arts, University of Paris", Paris, France

"Infoaesthetic Group"
"Caixa Econômica" Federal Bank, Brasília, Brazil

Grants since 1986

1991-92 
Visiting Scholar at the Computer Science Department in The George Washington 
University, with a grant from the Brazilian Postgraduate Education Federal Agency (CAPES). 

1986
Artist in Residence at the artist colony "Alternative Work Site: the Bemis Project," in the
United States, with a grant from the Fulbrigth Commission. 

Recent Publications

Fraga, Tania. (1994) "Simulações Estereoscópicas: Interatividade e Imersão" in Anais do 
Segundo Simpósio de Computação Gráfica em Arquitetura, Engenharia e Áreas Afins. 
Salvador: UFBA, 1994, pg. 81 à 86.

Fraga, Tania. (1994) "Interactive Stereoscopic Simulations" in Conference Proceedings 
of First Symposium Multimedia for Architecture and Urban Design. São Paulo: FAUUSP, 
abril 1994, pg. 81/87.

Fraga da Silva, Tania & Taunay, Maria Luiza. (1992) "The Phenomenon of Computer 
Art and the Possibilities of a New Aesthetic" in Conference Proceedings of Sixth National 
Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists. New York: New York School of 
Visual Arts, October 1992, pg. 278/291.

Areas of Special Interest, Knowledge and Skills

The convergence of art, sciences and communication using networked hypermedia, 
developing interactive stereoscopic simulations using the proper computer environment as 
the support of her work.


The 3D Objects have been created with HPs, SUNs, SGIs Workstations and PCs. 
Formerly the software used was the solid processing software PROGRAF, from "TARG 
Technology Ltd." and afterwards the software TOPAS, TEMPRA, PHOTOSTYLER and 
3D Studio, among others. The sets of stereo pairs were created using the public domain 
software RAYSHADE, from the University of Utah (USA). The interactive objects were 
created using the Silicon Graphics' script language YODL with the POWERFLIP interface. 
The hypertext interfaces (Homepages at WWW) have been written using HTML language 
and the browser Netscape and the multimedia interfaces (CD-ROM) have been written using 
the software TOOLBOOK.


Tania Fraga (Tania Regina Fraga da Silva)

Address: 
SQN 107, Bloco H, ap 106
Brasília, DF, Brazil, 70743-080
Phone: (55) (61) 272 1147
e-mail: 
tania@lsi.usp.br
tfraga@guarany.cpd.unb.br