The Interactive Image: A Media Archaeology Approach

• Esteban Garcia Bravo
• Andrés Burbano
• Vetria L. Byrd
• Angus Graeme Forbes

• SIGGRAPH 2017: Unsettled Artifacts: Technological Speculations from Latin America

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• This paper examines the history of the influential Interactive Image computer graphics showcase, which took place at museum and conference venues from 1987 to 1988. The authors present a preliminary exploration of the historical contexts that led to the creation of this exhibition by the Electronic Visualization Lab (EVL), which included the integrated efforts of both artists and computer scientists. In addition to providing historical details about this event, the authors introduce a media archaeology approach for examining the cultural and technological contexts in which this event is situated.

https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3072969

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