'Multimedia is emerging as the defining medium of the twenty-first century. The World Wide Web, CD-ROMs, virtual reality arcade games, and interactive installations only hint at the forms of multimedia to come. Yet the concept of integrated, interactive media has its own long history, an evolution that spans more than 150 years. Remarkably, this has been a largely untold story. Discussions of the development of the personal computer and the Internet tend to focus on a few highly successful entrepreneurs, neglecting the less-known work of the engineers and artists who first sought to craft a medium that would appeal to all the senses simultaneously—a medium that would mimic and enhance the creative capacities of the human mind. Here, then, is a "secret history" of multimedia: a narrative that includes the pioneering activities of a diverse group of artists, scientists, poets, musicians, and theorists from Richard Wagner to Ivan Sutherland, from Vannevar Bush to Bill Viola.[...]Multimedia: From Wagner to Virtual Reality brings together the major writings by multimedia's pioneers for the first time in order to foster a greater understanding of its precedents, landmarks, aesthetic roots, social impact, and revolutionary potential.' - excerpt from "Overture" by Randall Packer and Ken Jordan
With short commentaries by the editors on each article. Includes notes and bibliographical references.
Onsite
Ken JORDAN, 
English
art history,  technology,  multimedia art,  digital art,  cyberculture
2001
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anthology
Foreword - William GIBSON
Overture - Randall PACKER, Ken JORDAN
I. Integration
1. 'Outlines of the Artwork of the Future' - Richard WAGNER
2. 'The Futurist Cinema' - F.T. MARINETTI, Bruno CORRA, Emilio SETTIMELLI, Arnaldo GINNA, Giacomo BALLA, Remo CHITI
3. 'Theater, Circus, Variety' - László MOHOLY-NAGY
4. 'Intermedia' - Richard HIGGINS
5. 'The Great Northeastern Power Failure' - Billy KLUVER
6. 'Cybernated Art' and 'Art and Satellite' - Namjune PAIK, 백남준
II. Interactivity
7. 'Cybernetics in History' - Norbert WEINER
8. 'Man-Computer Symbiosis' - J.C.R. LICKLIDER
9. 'Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework' - Douglas ENGELBART
10. 'Diary: Audience 1966' - John CAGE
11. 'Behaviourist Art and the Cybernetic Vision' - Roy ASCOTT
12. 'Responsive Environments' - Myron KRUEGER
13. 'User Interface: A Personal View' - Alan KAY
III. Hypermedia
14. 'As We May Think' - Vannevar BUSH
15. Excerpt from Computer Lib/Dream Machines - Ted NELSON
16. 'Personal Dynamic Media' - Alan KAY, Adele GOLDBERG
17. 'The New Workstation: CD ROM Authoring Systems' - Marc CANTER
18. 'Information Management: A Proposal' - Tim BERNERS-LEE
19. 'Hypertext, Hypermedia and Literary Studies: The State of the Art' - George LANDOW, Paul DELANY
IV. Immersion
20. 'The Cinema of the Future' - Morton HEILIG
21. 'The Ultimate Display' - Ivan SUTHERLAND
22. 'Virtual Interface Environments' - Scott FISHER
23. 'Academy Leader' - William GIBSON
24. 'Liquid Architectures in Cyberspace' - Marcos NOVAK
25. 'A Room with a View' - Daniel SANDIN, Thomas DEFANTI, Carolina CRUZ-NEIRA
V. Narrativity
26. 'The Future of the Novel' - William BURROUGHS
27. 'Untitled Guidelines for Happenings' - Allan KAPROW
28. 'Will There Be Condominiums in Data Space?' - Bill VIOLA
29. 'The Fantasy Beyond Control' - Lynn HERSHMAN-LEESON
30. 'Is There Love in the Telematic Embrace?' - Roy ASCOTT
31. 'Mudding: Social Phenomena in Text-Based Virtual Realities' - Pavel CURTIS
32. 'The Art and Architecture of Cyberspace' - Pierre LEVY
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