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Multimedia: From Wagner to Virtual Reality
Foreword by William Gibson
Coda by Laurie Anderson
Overture by Randall Packer and Ken Jordan
I. Integration
1. Richard Wagner, "Outlines of the Artwork of the Future"
2. F. T. Marinetti, Bruno Corra, Emilio Settimelli, Arnaldo Ginna, Giacomo Balla, Remo Chiti, “The Futurist Cinema”
3. László Moholy-Nagy, “Theater, Circus, Variety”
4. Richard Higgins, “Intermedia”
5. Billy Klüver, “The Great Northeastern Power Failure”
6. Nam June Paik, “Cybernated Art” and “Art and Satellite”
II. Interactivity
7. Norbert Wiener, “Cybernetics in History”
8. J.C.R. Licklider, “Man-Computer Symbiosis”
9. Douglas Engelbart, “Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework”
10. John Cage, “Diary: Audience 1966”
11. Roy Ascott, “Behaviourist Art and the Cybernetic Vision”
12. Myron Krueger, “Responsive Environments”
13. Alan Kay, “User Interface: A Personal View”
14. Jeffrey Shaw, "Modalities of Interactivity and Virtuality"
III. Hypermedia
15. Vannevar Bush, “As We May Think”
16. Ted Nelson, excerpt from Computer Lib/Dream Machines
17. Alan Kay and Adele Goldberg, “Personal Dynamic Media”
18. Richard A. Bolt, "Spatial Data-Management"
19. Marc Canter, “The New Workstation: CD ROM Authoring Systems”
20. Tim Berners-Lee, “Information Management: A Proposal”
21. George Landow and Paul Delany, “Hypertext, Hypermedia and Literary Studies: The State of the Art”
IV. Immersion
22. Morton Heilig, “The Cinema of the Future”
23. Ivan Sutherland, “The Ultimate Display”
24. Scott Fisher, “Virtual Interface Environments”
25. William Gibson, “Academy Leader”
26. Marcos Novak, “Liquid Architectures in Cyberspace”
27. Daniel Sandin, Thomas DeFanti, and Carolina Cruz-Neira, “A Room with a View”
28. Char Davies, "Changing Space: Virtual Reality as an Arena of Embodied Being"
V. Narrativity
29. William Burroughs, “The Future of the Novel”
30. Allan Kaprow, “Untitled Guidelines for Happenings”
31. Bill Viola, “Will There Be Condominiums in Data Space?”
32. Lynn Hershman, “The Fantasy Beyond Control”
33. Roy Ascott, “Is There Love in the Telematic Embrace?"
34. Kit Galloway and Sherrie Rabinowitz, "Welcome to 'Electronic Café International': A Nice Place for Hot Coffee, Iced Tea, & Virtual Space"
35. Pavel Curtis, “Mudding: Social Phenomena in Text-Based Virtual Realities”
36. Pierre Lévy, “The Art and Architecture of Cyberspace”
37. Janet Murray, "Agency"
Coda by Laurie Anderson
Overture by Randall Packer and Ken Jordan
I. Integration
1. Richard Wagner, "Outlines of the Artwork of the Future"
2. F. T. Marinetti, Bruno Corra, Emilio Settimelli, Arnaldo Ginna, Giacomo Balla, Remo Chiti, “The Futurist Cinema”
3. László Moholy-Nagy, “Theater, Circus, Variety”
4. Richard Higgins, “Intermedia”
5. Billy Klüver, “The Great Northeastern Power Failure”
6. Nam June Paik, “Cybernated Art” and “Art and Satellite”
II. Interactivity
7. Norbert Wiener, “Cybernetics in History”
8. J.C.R. Licklider, “Man-Computer Symbiosis”
9. Douglas Engelbart, “Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework”
10. John Cage, “Diary: Audience 1966”
11. Roy Ascott, “Behaviourist Art and the Cybernetic Vision”
12. Myron Krueger, “Responsive Environments”
13. Alan Kay, “User Interface: A Personal View”
14. Jeffrey Shaw, "Modalities of Interactivity and Virtuality"
III. Hypermedia
15. Vannevar Bush, “As We May Think”
16. Ted Nelson, excerpt from Computer Lib/Dream Machines
17. Alan Kay and Adele Goldberg, “Personal Dynamic Media”
18. Richard A. Bolt, "Spatial Data-Management"
19. Marc Canter, “The New Workstation: CD ROM Authoring Systems”
20. Tim Berners-Lee, “Information Management: A Proposal”
21. George Landow and Paul Delany, “Hypertext, Hypermedia and Literary Studies: The State of the Art”
IV. Immersion
22. Morton Heilig, “The Cinema of the Future”
23. Ivan Sutherland, “The Ultimate Display”
24. Scott Fisher, “Virtual Interface Environments”
25. William Gibson, “Academy Leader”
26. Marcos Novak, “Liquid Architectures in Cyberspace”
27. Daniel Sandin, Thomas DeFanti, and Carolina Cruz-Neira, “A Room with a View”
28. Char Davies, "Changing Space: Virtual Reality as an Arena of Embodied Being"
V. Narrativity
29. William Burroughs, “The Future of the Novel”
30. Allan Kaprow, “Untitled Guidelines for Happenings”
31. Bill Viola, “Will There Be Condominiums in Data Space?”
32. Lynn Hershman, “The Fantasy Beyond Control”
33. Roy Ascott, “Is There Love in the Telematic Embrace?"
34. Kit Galloway and Sherrie Rabinowitz, "Welcome to 'Electronic Café International': A Nice Place for Hot Coffee, Iced Tea, & Virtual Space"
35. Pavel Curtis, “Mudding: Social Phenomena in Text-Based Virtual Realities”
36. Pierre Lévy, “The Art and Architecture of Cyberspace”
37. Janet Murray, "Agency"
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First published January 1, 2001
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May 27, 2020
Познавательная примета времени.
April 14, 2009
Taught by Randall Packer, we read this book in his curriculum and I thought it did a great job of introducing the world of multimedia to the class. However, it continues to be relevant as each year goes to by.
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