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 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
Black ink-jet print on paper with curatorial statement of Patric D. Prince relating to the exhbition "Portrait Virus", inscribed with original signatures of participating artists.
Text:
PORTRAIT VIRUS / Curated by Patric D. Prince / Participating Artists: Liz Crimzon, Paras Kaul, / Tom Pike, Beverly Reiser, and M.R. Wright. / 'In an age where data is held to be protected and sacred, we are using the collaborate power of a group of artists to sythesize and expand personal expression through the sharing of data. This is the inaugural display of Portrait Virus, a shareware event. We hope the virus will transform the portrait elements to project an otherworldy reality that reflects the positive aspects of technological manifestations in society.'
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
Ink-jet print on paper
Marks and inscriptions
'Paras Kaul, M.R. Wright, Patric Prince, Beverly Reiser, Liz Crimzon'
'PORTRAIT VIRUS / Curated by Patric D. Prince / Participating Artists: Liz Crimzon, Paras Kaul, / Tom Pike, Beverly Reiser, and M.R. Wright. / "In an age where data is held to be protected and sacred, we are / using the collaborate power of a group of artists to sythesize and / expand personal expression through the sharing of data. This is / the inaugural display of Portrait Virus, a shareware event. We / hope the virus will transform the portrait elements to project an / otherworldy reality that reflects the positive aspects of / technological manifestations in society." '
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, curatorial statement with artists' signatures, 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
Ink jet printing
Subjects depicted
Text
Categories
Prints; Printed pages & sheets
Collection code
PDP
