Re: steim, kaffe matthews, Lisa ,

[Gina Czarnecki]

Title: Re: <ambit> steim, kaffe matthews, Lisa , 



other software you could consider;-
max with nato
nato is a modular system - im particularly interested in its ability for live/realtime image interactivity - 
HERE FOLLOWS SOME INFO ON IT

nigel johnson and simon yuill here at Duncan of Jordanstone TVi MSc are researching/using it\

gina czarnecki

>The NATO.0+55/DEAF2000 festival literature reads:
>"NATO.0+55 is a new software that is set to revolutionize
>the realtime manipulation of video and sound." (DEAF 2000)
>
>Arie van Schutterhoef, artistic director Schreck Ensemble writes:
>"Think that Nato Modular is the most interesting software for Max,
>since Max... consider the contradiction... and offers possibilities
>for live manipulation of images, that can only be rivaled in the
>audio domain by SuperCollider."
>
>NATO.0+55.Modular is an advanced, immensely flexible,
>realtime and non-realtime component driven visual authoring environment
>for the creative construction of audio-visual networks in Ircam Max.
>It is a non-linear, vastly expressive and syntactic, modular infrastructure
>for live video and graphics�specifically 2D and 3D graphics, VR 
>(Virtual Reality),
>DV (Digital Video), Live-Video, Firewire, Quicktime, Flash, MP3, OpenGL
>and realtime Internet Streaming. (consult Fig. 1)
>
>Max (Puckette 1991) is a non-linear visual programming language authored
>by Miller Puckette at Ircam.  Max was commercialized in 1990 by Opcode.
>Since 1998 Max has been licensed, distributed and maintained by Cycling74.
>Although commercialized, Max remained principally the arena of academics
>and experimental computer musicians.  Since its debut Max has afforded
>computer musicians a flexible environment for MIDI processing.
>In 1998 Cycling74 released MSP a digital audio processing environment
>based on Pure Data (Puckette 1996).  Although presenting new creative
>possibilities for the Max user base, MSP did not drastically impact on
>Max demographics.
>
>With the release of NATO.0+55+3d.Modular in 2000, Max was instantly 
>transformed
>into a multimedia authoring environment rivaling Macromedia's 
>Director and Flash environments.
>Jeremy Bernstein of Cycling74 observes, "The greatest significance 
>of NATO.0+55 is that
>it has transformed Max from a piece of wonderful toolkit software, 
>into a viable
>authoring environment, virtually overnight.  Before NATO.0+55, Max 
>was useful.
>After NATO.0+55, Max is indispensable." (Bernstein 2000)
>
>Apart from providing current Max users a vast and expressive 
>multimedia palette,
>NATO.0+55 has altered the Max demographics by introducing new media artists,
>Internet artists, video and VR/3D artists to Max.  In contrast to the largely
>(aged) male audience that Max has traditionally attracted, a 
>significant number
>of NATO.0+55 operators are women and the very young.
>
>
>NATO.0+55 is the first software environment produced in Balkan / 
>Eastern Europe
>to impact on Western markets. It is being utilized by hundreds of 
>universities and institutes,
>(primarily in the United States) in favor of local software such as 
>Macromedia Director
>and Flash, Adobe After Effects, Intel financed GEM and Steim Image/ine.
>
>Most importantly NATO.0+55 is the first software environment 
>authored by a (single) individual,
>a woman age 23, to capture an extravagant market section from 
>Western corporations.
>NATO.0+55 has demonstrated that an individual, geographically 
>located anywhere on our planet,
>can significantly impact on global markets, compete with and 
>outperform corporations,
>irrespective of their size.
>
>NATO.0+55 is the first software authored by an individual to have 
>been selected
>for distribution by the prestigious Institut de Recherche et 
>Coordination Acoustique/Musique,
>Paris, France.
>
>Owing to the success of NATO.0+55, the author has been
>selected as one of the top 25 women leaders of the millennium.
>Leaders of the Millennium recognizes the achievements of women
>who have made significant contributions to the advancement of technology
>and to the advancement of women in technology related fields.
>