'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.

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Onsite

Location code
REF.JOK
Language

English

Publication/Creation date

2001

No of pages

394

ISBN / ISSN

0393049795

No of copies

1

Content type

anthology

Chapter headings

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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