Using Virtual Environments for
Creating a Online Museum for Los Angeles’ Desktop Digital History
a collaboration between the Art Institute of California and EZTV
Michael Masucci
EZTV
www.eztvmedia.com
Introduction:
The proliferation of today’s digital desktop tools has allowed for the production, and exhibition of cultural projects which would have never been suitable for funding in today’s mass-consumer society. The archiving, and presentation online is an ideal protocol for the development of museums which will house and serve as centers for dialogue in the scholastic as well as popular
appreciation of these niche cultures. Unlike the presentation of material in printed book form, online museums are easily updated, corrected and expanded. For just as history is never finished, an online museum by the very nature of its medium, acknowledges its commitment to rigorous improvement.
In 1979, at a time when many computer graphic artists were still utilizing mainframe computers at a select group of university, industrial and governmental facilities, EZTV began using personal computers to create elaborate, often feature-length productions, and exhibiting them at art galleries, conferences, festivals as well as in their own video theater, predating the current microcinema movement by two decades.
The challenge of experimenting with artistic content in the context of creating an educational and yet entertaining online experience will be discussed as well as the choice of tools, the enlistment of undergraduate students and the curatorial selection of notable desktop digital video tools.
Initiated by independent educational consultant Patricia Johnson and facilitated by Elizabeth Murray, the project brings together pioneering desktop video artists EZTV and a team of designer/producer/educators.
In acknowledgment of EZTV’s 25 year contribution to desktop digital culture, the creation of such an online museum experience is being created.
Technical Background:
Utilizing Adobe Atmosphere software and a suite of proven 3D and desktop video tools, faculty members and honors students of the Art Institute of California’s Los Angeles campus are in collaboration with EZTV, creating an online museum, educational resource and entertainment/theatrical experience which will serve not only to house key projects from EZTV’s 25 year collection, but will engage the audience into exploring ways old and new, for the creation of computer based time-based and interactive material.
Creating a Online Museum for Los Angeles’ Desktop Digital History
a collaboration between the Art Institute of California and EZTV
Michael Masucci
EZTV
www.eztvmedia.com
Introduction:
The proliferation of today’s digital desktop tools has allowed for the production, and exhibition of cultural projects which would have never been suitable for funding in today’s mass-consumer society. The archiving, and presentation online is an ideal protocol for the development of museums which will house and serve as centers for dialogue in the scholastic as well as popular
appreciation of these niche cultures. Unlike the presentation of material in printed book form, online museums are easily updated, corrected and expanded. For just as history is never finished, an online museum by the very nature of its medium, acknowledges its commitment to rigorous improvement.
In 1979, at a time when many computer graphic artists were still utilizing mainframe computers at a select group of university, industrial and governmental facilities, EZTV began using personal computers to create elaborate, often feature-length productions, and exhibiting them at art galleries, conferences, festivals as well as in their own video theater, predating the current microcinema movement by two decades.
The challenge of experimenting with artistic content in the context of creating an educational and yet entertaining online experience will be discussed as well as the choice of tools, the enlistment of undergraduate students and the curatorial selection of notable desktop digital video tools.
Initiated by independent educational consultant Patricia Johnson and facilitated by Elizabeth Murray, the project brings together pioneering desktop video artists EZTV and a team of designer/producer/educators.
In acknowledgment of EZTV’s 25 year contribution to desktop digital culture, the creation of such an online museum experience is being created.
Technical Background:
Utilizing Adobe Atmosphere software and a suite of proven 3D and desktop video tools, faculty members and honors students of the Art Institute of California’s Los Angeles campus are in collaboration with EZTV, creating an online museum, educational resource and entertainment/theatrical experience which will serve not only to house key projects from EZTV’s 25 year collection, but will engage the audience into exploring ways old and new, for the creation of computer based time-based and interactive material.