InfraBodies - memes from the intersection of art, technology, and experience design Tom Buch, Illustrator and Designer Début Art – Illustrators and Artist Agents, London Generator.X blog » Sound works The early-to-mid 1990’s were an interesting time. “Multimedia” was a hot buzzword, and people were wondering if CD-ROM and Internet was here to stay. Macromedia Director ruled the world of interactive graphics, and World Wide Web and HTML was finally transforming the Internet into a visual environment. Early experiments using the web for art purposes quickly became iconic: Jodi hacked HTML, Form Art was briefly defined as a genre, Net.art considered ironic approaches to art production via this new channel and artists like Stanza explored Director as a tool for generative graphics. During this (golden) period, Vienna was a hotbed of experimentation. Among this loosely affiliated group were artists like Farmers Manual, Tina Frank, Monoscope, Pure, Lia and Dextro. Early pioneers of generative Director programming, Lia and Dextro quickly became influential both inside and outside the Director community. The original Turux.org is now offline for good, having been replaced by a placeholder.
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