Hi Every one
I am collecting information on artists who used early artist software -
pre-1988 packages that were not all that user-friendly. I am
interested in what motivated artists to become digital artists before
there was easy output, easy access to computers, tech support, or even
exhibition venues. I have a simple list of questions for artists (in
English and French), and it is the artists who are doing the writing.
Mostly it is the experimentation that grabbed people - they just could
not resist the endless ability to try new combinations of imagery, even
if no one else cared.
I am actually one of those artists myself, and my interest in this
topic grows from my own sense that the contributions to the field of
the first software users are largely overlooked in the histories.
People looking back from today assume that those first machines came
with easy instructions - and of course nothing could be further from
the truth (I can still hear my Department Chair asking about all of the
those telephone calls to New Jersey).
If any one else is interested in working on this I would love to hear
from you -- I am open to collaboration.
Cynthia Beth Rubin
http://CBRubin.net
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