Wednesday, October 14, 2009

NMR - Chapters 5-9

Chapter 5- Intro to Man-Computer Symbiosis
-1962 Joseph ‘Lick’ Licklider
-Head of DARPA
-1968 worked with Robert Taylor
-“The Computer as a Communication Device”
-Computer Science Ph.Ds offered, expanded support of academic institutions
-ARPAnet: intner-university computer network
-Oliver: an on-line interactive vicarious expediter and responder. A personal networking agent.
-Online privlage vs. online right

Chapter 6- “Happenings” In the New York Scene
-Alan Kaprow
-1950's Introduces the idea of interactive theatre
-Interactivity in art. Cornerstone of New Media discussions.
-Provoked a desire to break down distinctions between creator and audience.
-“Reversibility”?
-There are three kinds of "happenings"
1) sophisticated, witty works put on by theater people
2) sparsely abstract, zen-like works by musicians and writers
3) crude, lyrical, spontaneous works by contemporary painters.
-Context: the place of conception and enactment. “Habitat” is not only a space, but a set of relationships to various things around it, a range of values, and an overall atmosphere.
-Happenings don't necessarily have a plot or obvious philosophy
-Materialize in an improvisatory fashion like jazz, contemporary painting
-Chance in conjunction with improvisation
-Cannot be reproduced
-”Happenings have emerged as an art that can function precisely as long as the mechanics of our present rush for cultural maturity continue.”

Chapter 7: The Cut-Up of Brion Gysin
-William Burroughs = “cut and paste” editing.
-1959 "Minutes to Go” Random newspaper

Chapter 8 From Augmenting Human Intellect
-1962 Douglas Engelbart
-With increased complexity in humans comes a general increased urgency

Chapter 9 Sketchpad
-1963 Ivan Sutherland
-A program allows users to draw on an electronic display
-Considered a crucial step in screen development
-The first direct-manipulation interface

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