Hi Randall, A big thanks for this -- it all adds to the juice of it all. I will definitely include it ;-)
wishing you well. marc On 13 December 2015 at 18:56, Randall Packer <rpac...@zakros.com> wrote: > Hi Marc, > > This may be a bit commercial, but Marc Canter, the creator of Macromind, > later Macromedia, later bought out by Adobe, invented the software Director > (replacing Hypercard), which in its day (late 1980s), was one of the first > commercially available “Artware” applications for creating digital > multimedia. There is an article by Marc in my book, Multimedia: From Wagner > to Virtual Reality, and here is an excerpt from the book’s Website: > > *Authoring software should aim to shorten the feedback loop between the > computer and the user – between the idea itself and its actualization. The > overall outcome is a more direct connection to creativity for the user.” – > Marc Canter* > > At the core of his approach was a notational system that looks quite > similar to a musical score, an intuitive format that could be used easily > by the artist. Canter saw the digital artist of the future as a "composer" > of all forms of media, orchestrating fragments of graphics, animation, > text, and sound, into a single artwork. His predisposition towards theater > and music belies Canter's roots in live performance, and reinforces his > vision that desktop multimedia would evolve into the digital > Gesamtkunstwerk <http://w2vr.com/timeline/Wagner.html>. > http://w2vr.com/timeline/Canter.html > > Best, > > Randall > > > > > From: <netbehaviour-boun...@netbehaviour.org> on behalf of marc garrett < > marc.garre...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: Marc Garrett <marc.garr...@furtherfield.org>, NetBehaviour for > networked distributed creativity <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > Date: Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 7:59 AM > To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity < > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > Subject: [NetBehaviour] Artware -- me want more info!-) > > Hi all, a question... > > I'm currently writing about 'Artware', for my PhD and this (of course) > includes Furtherfield's own particular networked in praxis projects, but I > especially wanted to include other historic examples. > > If you have any texts that discuss the term or give artistic examples that > are accessible -- I'd love to know about them -- much thanks for your time. > > Marc > P.S. And yes, I do have a link to Saul's text written on the subject in 99 > > -- > Marc Garrett > Co-Founder, Co-Director and main editor ofFurtherfield. > > Furtherfield - A living, breathing, thriving network > http://www.furtherfield.org - for art, technology and social change since > 1997 > > Furtherfield Gallery & Commons, > Finsbury Park, London N4 2NQ > T +44(0)208 802 1301/+44(0)208 802 2827 > M +44(0)7717 887923 > www.furtherfield.org > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- Marc Garrett Co-Founder, Co-Director and main editor ofFurtherfield. Furtherfield - A living, breathing, thriving network http://www.furtherfield.org - for art, technology and social change since 1997 Furtherfield Gallery & Commons, Finsbury Park, London N4 2NQ T +44(0)208 802 1301/+44(0)208 802 2827 M +44(0)7717 887923 www.furtherfield.org
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