Great Interactive Media Resource
Whilst googling for papers in research for my thesis project ["I Am More Than My Thumb"], I stumbled upon the site, ArtMuseum.net.
Many of you are probably already familiar with the book, Multimedia: From Wagner to Virtual Reality (if you aren't, it should be mandatory reading for the dept), and the site covers many of the same topics, artists, and projects covered in the book.
As a resource, this site is an excellent introduction to the varying and ever-changing genres of new and interactive medias. If you are embarking on a project in a new field, I would highly reccommend beginning your journey here, as you will find most of the Big Names, as well as important works prior to the digital age that have influenced major artists in the field.
The layout of the website is simple and easy-to-use, although with all the cross referencing I was doing, I felt like I got a little lost occasionally. Never fear - although the site appears to be inexhaustible initially, soon you will find yourself discovering the links between artists, works, and our own department, just like the good MFA student you are.
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The book is even better!! I taught my Interactive Media Courses from it, when I was teaching in Detroit.
This is how I found about Mr. Fisher.
The site is a tease, you really should read the book, if only as a reference, each chapter unto itself is awesome.
This is where I get my whole "gesamtkunstwerk", Wagner thing from.
Again, did I say it was great?
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February 7, 2006 10:45 AM
Me again...ya....
So this book is a must read to everyone in our program.
It puts this whole interactive thing in perspective.
It is full of the kind of content that should have been part of the infamous Ed O'Niel course.
I need to reread it, this will be my third or fourth time.
The coolest part is that it, just like the site, is a chronology of the creation of the field we call Multimedia, or Interactive media, be it as it may, and it leaves of with this gap, as if to tell the inner soul that now is time to make new chapters, dream new dreams, an expand the possibilities of this wonderful fusion, all the Arts now one.
Kellee you would love the stuff that Richard Wagner talks about, he spoke of this concept of a fusion of media that allows audience participation, and he was speaking of the stage.
mmmm...reading
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February 7, 2006 12:19 PM