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The Dirt On Muds, Monica Vasilescu Jan 1998

The Dirt On Muds, Monica Vasilescu

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This issue covers that MUDs are a real time synchronous text-based environment used by multiple users on the internet. MUDs were originally used for Role-Playing based games such as Dungeons & Dragons. MUDs have evolved since its origin and other versions have branched off from the original MUDs. They have been developed not only to be used in the gaming community, but further into online communication. It lets users remain anonymous while taking onto an online persona.


Metamorphoses Digital Photography In The Electronic Age And Perfectm Digital Photography In The Bay Area, Jan Ekenberg Jan 1998

Metamorphoses Digital Photography In The Electronic Age And Perfectm Digital Photography In The Bay Area, Jan Ekenberg

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Two exhibitions at the San Jose Museum of Modern Art, “Metamorphoses: Digital Photography in the Electronic Age” and “Pixel Perfect: Digital Photography in the Bay Area,” both debate whether digital photography is a kind of art based on how people interpret photography. With the advent of powerful computer software such as Adobe’s Photoshop, artists can easily manage their work regardless of whether they want to create collages, adjust the color, add additional layers of images or text, experiment with scale, or transform dreamlike ideas into surreal artworks for public display. The two shows challenge the principles of photography - to …


Calendar Of Events, Loretta L. Lange Jan 1998

Calendar Of Events, Loretta L. Lange

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This page showcases a timeline of events and exhibitions that took place at San José State University that were hosted by CADRE from May 96’ May 97’. The reason for the events was to explore technologies within art at colleges and to expand on the topic of interactive, electronic performance concerts, and digital media. Furthermore, these installations were meant to introduce newer digital media forms into the program. The artist wanted viewers to experience a new advanced interactive experience. During the concert what was showcased was electroacoustic music as well as other live performers and “autonomous agents” which are robots …


Editor's Notes: Sound, Loretta L. Lange Jan 1998

Editor's Notes: Sound, Loretta L. Lange

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This switch article goes over the use of sound and how some people consider it to be a language, an art, or a form of technology. Lange refers to Agostino Di Scipio’s arguments on how technology was created by humans and therefore should be an art. More specifically, how sound can be an electronic art, especially since it can change or be manipulated just as musical artists create music. Next, she refers to Larry Wendt’s article and how sound composition or poetry is structured. He goes on to explain that sound-text doesn’t have a solid order and is flexible enough …