Portrait Virus
- Object:
- Place of origin:
- 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 a page from a portfolio of information about the Portrait Virus event. The page contains 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 print consists of text, explaining the exhibition / event context, content, intentions and techniques.
Text:
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 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 Center where they were viewed by CYBERARTS participants.
Place of Origin
Pasadena, USA (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
'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.'
Dimensions
Height: 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, explanatory text, 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
