Telecom History Project: OUTERSPACE
Telecom History Project: OUTERSPACE
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REFRESH! Conference
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The presentation will take place on Saturday October 1, between 2:45pm - 4:45pm MST.
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Presenters: Todd Davis, Jeremy Turner, Douglas Jarvis
Abstract: SAT-TEL-COMP (Satellite-Telephone-Computer)- Beginnings of multi-dimensional artist networks through the connectivity of (technological) telecommunication devices and human dialogue.
The history of Open Space's SAT-TEL-COMP and Bill Bartlett's Direct Media Association (1974-2984) and other COLLABORATORY curatorials, set the groundwork for a communications network between artists, engineers, and early communication networks between artists, engineers, and early information technology systems.
We have come to reassess the ideals of production and imagery through and analysis of the following: the interaction of regional and local art, Government supported networks with the international art world, new media's historical use of the satellite as a precursor to the Internet and streaming video, and the use of slow-scan television during the period of 1978 through 1981. This is ultimately where it has led us in today's world of variable media.
This paper will contextualize the networks, personal computer and other pertinent technologies within theses early telecommunication collaborations between artists and technology. This presentation will also explore such aspects as the early satellite, telephone and computer equipment used in the development of these artistic networks and the projects that contributed to the globalisation of technology.
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Telecom History Project, OUTERSPACE.
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