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Software Art

Softwares Sensoriali E Materiali Digitali

Tiziana Gemin
There is an exhibition of some works created by the artists Alessandro Capozzo and Katja Noppes in Venice , at the Ex Cantieri Navali. The collaboration between these two protagonist is really interesting, considering the possibility of a dialogue between conventional art and new tecnologies. The two artists have different technical competence and way of representation... READ MORE...
ArticlesDigimag - Issue 16, July / August 2006

Camp Darfur In Second Life

Marco Cadioli
Camp Darfur, built on Better Word Island in Second Life, a collaborative virtual gaming community, is an entire simulation camp of Darfur refugees. It was born from a collaborative work of some members of Omidyar.net, who, some months ago, have decided to create within this virtual world a place of reflex ion and raise of awareness on the violence and atrocities ongoing in Darfur... READ MORE...
ArticlesDigimag - Issue 14, May 2006

I Love Gif

Valentina Tanni
Animated GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) are the emblem of a vintage aesthetic applied to the net. A retro and nostalgic aesthetic, built with natural forms, a poor palette, the pixel grid in view. One of the first format to allow the insertion of animated elements inside web pages, in use since the dawning of the Internet... READ MORE...
ArticlesDigimag - Issue 14, May 2006

Remediating Pontecorvo

Domenico Quaranta
According to Jay D. Bolter and Richard Grusin, new media absorb and emulate old media. They call this phenomenon remediation and it can be seen both as the direct expression and invisibility of medium and hyper-mediation or display of medium and its characteristics. One of the most interesting characteristics of this process is it's multidirectional action... READ MORE...
ArticlesDigimag - Issue 13, April 2006