Portrait Virus
- Object:
- Place of origin:
Pasadena, United States (made)
- Date:
29/10/1992-01/11/1992 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Prince, Patric D. (curator)
Crimzon, Liz (artist)
Kaul, Paras (artist)
Pike, Tom (artist)
Reiser, Beverly (artist)
Wright, Michael (artist)
CyberArts, group (Conference) (group)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Credit Line:
Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Patric Prince
- Museum number:
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level E, case PAT, shelf 5
- Image in copyright
This is an image from a portfolio of information about the Portrait Virus event. The portfolio also includes the following text description of the project:
"The inaugural PORTRAIT VIRUS event took place at CYBERARTS, Pasadena Convention Center, Oct. 29 - Nov. 1, 1992. The event was organised to create digital portraits via a computer network.
The Amiga computer system, operated by Michael Wright, was established as the first link of the network and was used to scan in black and white portraits of participants in real time.
Next file formats containing portrait data were converted to Macintosh file formats and transferred to a second link, a Mac workstation. Artist, Liz Crimzon, painted backgrounds for the portraits.
A second Macintosh, linked to the first Mac by an internal network, was operated by Paras Kaul who sent the computer enhanced portraits by modem from a phone line at the Convention Center to Paras Productions in Washington, D. C.
At this location computer graphic campaign buttons for the democratic party were added. Portraits were then sent back to the Amiga workstation which was connected to a 16 monitor video wall at the Convention Center where they were viewed by CYBERARTS participants."
Physical description
This inkjet print contains text with the credit and thank you section of the protfilio:
PORTRAIT VIRUS
The participants of Portrait Virus give special thanks and conceptual hugs to:
Video Wall:
Gold Coast Event Services: Jim Campbell
SIR Audio / Video: Tom Estby
Technical Assistance: Bob Holzmann, Neal Handly, Eric Levy, Kelly Feagans, Paras Productions, Washington, D.C.
And to: Debbie Leos, Lilla Hernadez, Randall Oliver, Bob Gelman
Cyber Arts [Logo]
Place of Origin
Pasadena, United States (made)
Date
29/10/1992-01/11/1992 (made)
Artist/maker
Prince, Patric D. (curator)
Crimzon, Liz (artist)
Kaul, Paras (artist)
Pike, Tom (artist)
Reiser, Beverly (artist)
Wright, Michael (artist)
CyberArts, group (Conference) (group)
Materials and Techniques
Inkjet print on paper
Marks and inscriptions
'CyberArts'
'PORTRAIT VIRUS / The participants of Portrait Virus / give special thanks and / conceptual hugs to: / Video Wall: / Gold Coast Event Services / Jim Campbell / SIR Audio/Video / Tom Estby / Technical Assistance / Bob Holzmann / Neal Handly / Eric Levy / Kelly Feagans / Paras Productions / Washington, D.C. /
And to / Debbie Leos / Lilla Hernadez / Randall Oliver / Bob Gelman /
Cyber Arts [Logo]'
Dimensions
Length: 28 cm, Width: 21.5 cm
Object history note
The inaugural Portrait Virus event, curated by Patric D. Prince, took place at Cyberarts, Pasadena Convention Centre, Oct. 29 - Nov. 1, 1992. The event was organised to create digital portraits via a computer network.
The Amiga computer system, operated by Michael Wright, was established as the first link of the network and was used to scan in black and white portraits of participants in real time.
Next file formats containing portrait data were converted to Macintosh file formats and transferred to a second link, a Mac workstation. Artist Liz Crimzon, painted backgrounds for the portraits,
A second Macintosh, linked to the first Mac by an internal network, was operated by Paras Kaul who sent the computer enhanced portraits by modem from a phone line at the Convention Centre to Paras Productions in Washington, D. C.
At this location computer graphic campaign buttons for the democratic party were added.
Portraits were then sent back to the Amiga workstation which was connected to a 16 monitor video wall at the Convention Centre where they were viewed by Cyberarts participants.
Descriptive line
Inkjet print, text with credits and thank you section, being part of portfolio of a documentation of the event / exhibition, 'Portrait Virus', curated by Patric Prince for CyberArts, Pasadena Convention Centre, 1992.
Materials
Paper; Ink
Techniques
Inkjet printing
Subjects depicted
Text
Categories
Prints; Printed pages & sheets
Collection code
PDP
