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[ url=http://www.digitalcraft.org/?artikel_id=411]DigitalCraft[/url] is a weird art website about ... umm... stuff.

They have this section about Demoscene, which includes a description (quite well done) and an exhibition.

I want to point out that, such an exhibition (look at the related gallery) is as far as possible from _my_ vision of demoscene, and seeing those images gives me thrills.
Those arty people should rather visit Breakpoint to get an idea about what demoscene is nowadays...

or something.
added on the 2003-03-13 21:50:34 by dixan dixan
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On the contrary, some musicians still compose their tracks note by note[...]

indeed...
added on the 2003-03-13 22:40:32 by deemage deemage
I compose mine rest by rest.
i suppose that's like saying coders still write their code expression after expression? :)

"handheld computers, organizer, game consoles or mobile phones can all be used to play demos on."

i sure would like to code some organizers (hello cptaeaeni! :-)
added on the 2003-03-14 10:00:59 by astu astu
http://demoskene.katastro.fi/

The katastro.fi collective presents an exhibition too.
The exhibition will be up from 28.3.2003 to 15.6.2003 at Kiasma - The Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki, Finland.

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The exhibition will present demo pieces and the demo scene as a cultural phenomenon. The exhibition shows demo pieces made by the artists of the katastro.fi community using the equipment from the 1980s and -90s originally used to make them. Some newer material and commissioned pieces by the same artists will be included.

The goal of the exhibition is to provide the visitors with a look at one of the avenues along which media art has developed from the 1980s to the present day. The point-of-view is that of a generation that grew up with computers and games, making digital art using new technologies.

What makes this exhibition remarkable is the fact that these pieces have never before been exhibited in one place, augmented by commentary on the demo scene as a cultural phenomenon. Documenting the equipment and methods used in the making of these pieces is of the utmost importance.

The demo scene has a strong impact on many of its generation's media artist and it has had an impact in other areas of society, as well. The Finnish IT-industry, for example, can trace some of the best expertise of its workers to the demo scene of the 1980s and -90s.
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added on the 2003-03-14 10:28:41 by _-_-__ _-_-__

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