news@oscvax.UUCP (The Network News) (06/22/84)
ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTRE SPECIAL EXHIBIT -------------------------------------- THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MACHINE ----------------------------- THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MACHINE, a major new exhibit produced by the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto, Canada (July 1 - October 8, 1984), focuses on the relationship between art and the computer, and the impact that computer-generated art is having on artist and audience. In typical Science Centre fashion, most of the exhibit will be a "hands-on" opportunity to experiment with the newest of computer art forms, plus films, demonstrations and workshops. Artists today, like artists of the past, use whatever materials are available to express their art. They eagerly seek new, exciting, even startling ways of creating their art. Inevitably they have turned to computers. THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MACHINE lets explorers at the Ontario Science Centre take a look at how the latest in computer technology is extending the limits of everyone's traditional notions of art. THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MACHINE will be a technological wonderland where visitors can express themselves in ways that until recently were only available in science fiction, not science centres. THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MACHINE has been made possible by a grant from the Department of Communications' Special Program of Cultural Initiatives, the Honourable Francis Fox, minister; generous support from the private sector; and a special grant from the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, the Honourable Susan Fish, minister. The Ontario Science Centre is an agency of the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Brian Stein, Communications Officer, Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills Road, Don Mills, Ontario, Canada M3C 1T3 (416) 429-4100, Ext. 241
chrisr@hcrvax.UUCP (Chris Retterath) (06/30/84)
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That blurb on the newest show in the Science Centre sure
reads like an ad in Pravda. Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, no less!
(I attended the preview; it's not bad, typical Sci.Cen. stuff. My only
complaint was with some incredibly unfriendly software on a box that
was supposed to let me draw pictures. That's an application that simply
cries out for a mouse!)
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Chris Retterath
{decvax,utcsrgv,utzoo}!hcr!hcrvax!chrisrjsgray@watmath.UUCP (Jan Gray) (07/02/84)
> (I attended the preview; it's not bad, typical Sci.Cen. stuff. My only > complaint was with some incredibly unfriendly software on a box that > was supposed to let me draw pictures. That's an application that simply > cries out for a mouse!) I don't know which exhibit you refer to, but it is difficult to find/build a mouse that would withstand months of (ab)use by visitors. Trackballs, touch sensitive tablets, and (ug) joysticks are the alternatives... Jan Gray (jsgray@watmath.UUCP) University of Waterloo (519) 885-1211 x3870
padpowell@wateng.UUCP (PAD Powell [Admin]) (07/02/84)
John Gray mentions that it would be hard to find a mouse that would stand
up to months of abuse by visitors.
Not true: the Mouse House Optical mouse, when sealed by a sheet of clear
plastic, is quite kid proof. I tried it out, and it survived three weeks
in a pre-school environment. Sad to say, the terminal keyboard we first
tried out did not. Consider what a glass of orange juice can do, and shudder.
Patrick ("Touch that terminal and you die, kid") Powell