Best of luck with this Derek - looks great On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 at 11:20, Derek Holzer <macumbi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Pure Data community, > > I am currently running a publication fundraiser on Kickstarter for my > book VECTOR SYNTHESIS: a Media Archaeological Investigation into > Sound-Modulated Light. > > The book describes my research into the military and techno-scientific > legacies at the birth of modern computing, and how early computer, > electronic media, and video artists of the 1950’s, 60’s, and 70’s > attempted to decouple these tools from their destructive origins. > > It also presents my Pure Data software library and live performance > project which employs audio synthesis and vector graphics techniques to > investigate direct relationships between sound and image using analog > CRT displays. > > The conclusion of the book reflects on how the project and the research > surrounding it has contributed to the larger experimental audiovisual > arts community through events such as the Vector Hack Festival. > > Artists discussed include Mary Ellen Bute, Ben Laposky, Len Lye, Norman > McLaren, Desmond Paul Henry, James Whitney, John Whitney Sr., Dan > Sandin, Steina Vasulka, Woody Vasulka, Larry Cuba, Bill Etra, Mitchell > Waite, Rosa Menkman, Cracked Ray Tube, Andrew Duff, Benton C. > Bainbridge, Philip Baljeu, Jonas Bers, Robin Fox, Robert Henke, Ivan > Marušić Klif, Jerobeam Fenderson, Hansi Raber, Ted Davis, Roland > Lioni, Bernhard Rasinger, and the Kikimore group. > > The book is 122 pages long, has 21 illustrations, links to several video > examples online, and was fabulously designed by Claire Matthews. > > I’ve launched this Kickstarter to print and distribute the book to > people who have expressed interest, to get them to people who have > assisted in its creation, and just as importantly to send them to > organizations and schools who deserve one. Your support of this > publishing project will help make that possible. > > Details can be found here: > > https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/macumbista/vector-synthesis-book > > Thank you for your kind attention! > Derek Holzer > > -- > derek holzer > noise.art.technology > http://macumbista.net > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-announce mailing list > pd-annou...@lists.iem.at > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-announce >
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