What is NEW MEDIA the use of computer for distribution and exhibition rather than production. The Internet Websites Computer Multimedia Computer Games CD-ROMs and DVD Virtual Reality

How MEDIA BECAME NEW? 1800 JM Jacquard Automatic Loom. 1833Babbage Analytical Engine Daguerreotype Apparatus. 1890’s Development of Media and Computing The Census Burean adopted electric tabulating machines 1893 Photographs were put in motion in Cinematography camera and projection hybrid Hollerith’s Tabulating machine were merged with 3 other companies the “Universal Turing Machine” Alan Turing

Cinematograph “writing movement” the essence of cinema is recording and storing visible data in a material form.

Principles of Media Numerical Presentation Modularity Automation Variability Transcoding

chapter 2 INTERFACE 1982 Blade Runner By Scott Graphical User Interface by Macintosh.

chapter 3 OPERATIONS A new media designer approaches the computer through a number of cultural filters. “Cultural Interfaces” The new set of conventions for organizing cultural data. Data > Media objects (human close to the machine)

Menus, Filters, Plug-ins The Logic of Selections Postmodernism and Photoshop. The Resistance to Montage. Archeology of Compositing Cinema. Digital Compositing (Terminator 2 and Jurassic Park)

Language of New Media: application software Enables new media designers and artist to create new media objects. Software employed by end users to access objects such: web browsers image viewers media players

Old media-photography, film video. With New Media-a new area has emerged. As “professional” technology. It became accessible to amateurs. GAME PATCHING 1990’s Game add-ons modes, levels, map or words. CAD programs-as basis of the design of building exterior.

LOGIC OF SELECTION Menus, filter, plug- in Abobe Photoshop 5.0 Macromedia Director 7 Softimage/3D-the leading3D modeling animation square. QuickTime 4 from Apple.

PHOTOMONTAGE “Cut with the the cake knife” H. Hock 1919 “Metropolis” Paul Citroen 1923

Barbara Kruger's montage

Telepresence: Illusion versus action “presence at a distance” Titanic by Cameron 1997

 Telecommunication Telegarden project by Ken Goldberg  Distance and Aura The life of an American fireman by porter 1903

 The 4 th dimension