MetaFilter posts tagged with computer and art

"All I got in this world is my balls and my word and I don't break either of 'em for nobody!"

bigmusic — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:43:12 -0800

Before the mouse, there was the trackball. Built for DATAR in 1952, DATAR turned out to be a complete failure. The next user interface device that used a ball was the mouse at Xeroc Parc in 1972. Trackballs are a dying breed of interface devices. But sometimes a trackball just seems more natural choice for certain applications - not so obvious for others. Would you sit on one?

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Blazecock Pileon — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:18:39 -0800

Computer Art

Nature's Design on Your Desktop

netbros — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:01:21 -0800

Designers spend about 90% of their waking life in front of a computer, so the most appealing genre for a wallpaper would be one that has beautiful design mixed with the all important aspect of being outdoors. At their best, desktop wallpapers bring animation to often lifeless computer screens, reflecting the personality of the user and acting as a calling card for creative talent. The Desktopography Project first arrived in 2005 as a place to download nature / topological themed wallpapers with edits from selected designers. They have just released their 2008 library.

Guernica

Kronos_to_Earth — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:57:53 -0800

A 3D Exploration of Picasso's Guernica (flash movie via)

Generative Creativity

weston — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:31:43 -0800

Generative Creativity is a course offered by the University of Sussex through their Informatics department. The lecture series discusses tools and techniques for generating graphics, music, jokes and riddles, and more.

Wallpaper eye candy

Mitheral — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:08:07 -0800

Social Wallpaper. A community effort to classify, rank, and distribute high resolution images for use as computer wallpaper.

High Res Computer Desktop Wallpaper

jonson — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:26:38 -0800

The downside of being a nerd with your desktop set to a super-hi resolution is that you can rarely find cool wallpapers to use. This massive collection (in a wide variety of resolutions) should help.

_grau

andrew cooke — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 09:36:23 -0800

_grau | robert seidel - KunstFilmBiennale 2004; the jury assigns the movie «_grau» by robert seidel an honorary award, because of the technological mastership which is used to show never seen phenomena in the borderland of science and aesthetics.
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Look ma, no mouse!

KS — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 23:15:36 -0800

Myron Krueger began his pioneering work in interactive art in 1969. He was one of the first to explore the aesthetics of interactivity with his "responsive environments." While preparing a talk that included a reminiscence of Krueger demoing Videoplace in the 80s, I was surprised he'd not yet merited even a stub in the Wikipedia. While that may eventually motivate me to register and start the page, for now, I will just share some links. [more inside, including videos]

riffola — Mon, 10 Dec 2001 12:12:00 -0800

Blinken Lights the world's biggest interactive computer display, a special 20th anniversary present to itself and the city of Berlin by the Chaos Computer Club. Since Sept 12, 2001, the upper eight floors of the famous "Haus des Lehrers" (house of the teacher) have been transformed in to a huge display by arranging 144 lamps behind each of the windows. A computer controls each of the lamps independently to produce a monochrome matrix of 18 times 8 pixels. The icing on the cake, you can play pong on it via your mobile phone!