A presentation at Strange Loop in in St. Louis, MO, USA by D. Schmudde
Misuser Ar sts Working at the Edge of Compu ng @dschmudde h p ://schmud.de
Purpose? @dschmudde | “Misuser”
What is Art? @dschmudde | “Misuser”
What is Art? What is Technology? @dschmudde | “Misuser”
Art as a Technological Endeavor Early adopters Creative Intellectually curious. Often subversive @dschmudde | “Misuser”
Art as a Technological Endeavor Early adopters Creative Intellectually curious. Often subversive (misuse) A tool’s intention A tool’s potential @dschmudde | “Misuser”
@dschmudde | “Misuser”
2nd Law of Thermodynamics ≈ A Work of Shakespeare @dschmudde | “Misuser”
ARTEX on IPSANET @dschmudde | “Misuser”
Roy Asco La Plissure du Texte (1983) @dschmudde | “Misuser”
ARTEX on IPSANET IPSANET → ARTEX → Misuse? (creative experimentation) R&D? (narrative tools → business applications) Edge case? (engineering problem) @dschmudde | “Misuser”
Edge Cases and Misuse Designing Tes ng White hat hacking @dschmudde | “Misuser”
Edge Cases and Misuse @dschmudde | “Misuser”
Jodi wwwwwwwww.jodi .org (1995) @dschmudde | “Misuser”
Jodi Automa c Rain (1995) @dschmudde | “Misuser”
Crea ve Misuse Using Slowness as a Feature @dschmudde | “Misuser”
@dschmudde | “Misuser”
Jodi Netscape 1.1 Anima on (April/95‐March/96) Bug in Netscape 1.1 One Load
<head> with multiple <body> s sequentially First web animations @dschmudde | “Misuser” <body> s.Crea ve Misuse Hastens Obsolescence or Influences the System @dschmudde | “Misuser”
Bell Labs Edward Zajac Simula on of a Two‐Giro Gravity A tude Control System (1963) @dschmudde | “Misuser”
Lillian Schwartz UFOs (1971) Ken Knowlton’s BEFLIX DSL (1963) → EXPLOR (~1970) @dschmudde | “Misuser”
Misuse ⇒ Features @dschmudde | “Misuser”
David Em Approach (1979) @dschmudde | “Misuser”
Misuse ⇒ More Human @dschmudde | “Misuser”
Dianna Smith Francine (2018) @dschmudde | “Misuser”
Misuse ⇒ Not Rare Accidental: Life Inten onal: Art @dschmudde | “Misuser”
Dianna Smith Francine (2018) @dschmudde | “Misuser”
Misuse ⇒ Illustrates the System Robust? Consistent? Expressive? @dschmudde | “Misuser”
Eduardo Kac Reabracadabra (1985) Neo‐Concrete Poetry @dschmudde | “Misuser”
Eduardo Kac Reabracadabra (1985) Digital Preserva on Videotexto (Brazil Minitel) Essence: telematic art → computer animation @dschmudde | “Misuser”
Eduardo Kac Reabracadabra (1985) Digital Preserva on It has no explicit application. @dschmudde | “Misuser”
Eduardo Kac Reabracadabra (1985) Digital Preserva on It has no explicit application. It is not a pipe, it points to the pipe. @dschmudde | “Misuser”
Eduardo Kac Reabracadabra (1985) Digital Preserva on It has no explicit application. It is not a pipe, it points to the pipe. It is art. @dschmudde | “Misuser”
Technology Changed ⇑ Expression Changed @dschmudde | “Misuser”
What is Technology? Art? The Screen? The Terminal? The Network? @dschmudde | “Misuser”
What is Technology? Blinded by Purpose @dschmudde | “Misuser”
What is Technology? The En re System of Engineering Physics, Design, Social Rela onships, Educa on, and Culture @dschmudde | “Misuser”
Misuser Ar sts Working at the Edge of Compu ng @dschmudde h p ://schmud.de Licensed under a Creative Commons license. @dschmudde | “Misuser”
The software I feature in this talk operated at the edge of digital systems. Artists often behaved like hackers: working off hours, pushing a system beyond its specification, and inventing new possibilities for human interaction along the way. “Misuser” will illustrate the connection between art and engineering, building a framework to examine the value of conventions and what we can learn by working outside of them.
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