8.7.. ArtAIDS Link
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This article is from the AIDS FAQ, by Dan Greening with numerous contributions by others.
8.7.. ArtAIDS Link
The ArtAIDS LINK URL http://artaids.dcs.qmw.ac.uk:8001/
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The ArtAIDS LINK is a collaborative art project and Internet event
open to all digital artists. The ArtAIDS LINK is located on the World
Wide Web, to commemorate and celebrate the fight against AIDS. The
LINK starts with original digital image files commissioned from
international artists, to enable an infinite chain of images (and soon
other digital media) to be created by modification and/or development
of the originals. New work can also be added to the LINK, in response
to the theme or aspects of the contributed images. Not all the
artists involved work on AIDS issues, but its theme is that *WE ARE
ALL INVOLVED*. The LINK symbolizes that involvement.
Participants can browse the ArtAIDS gallery and information pages,
which are regularly updated to reflect the submission of modified
digital art. Anyone can register to give notification of
participation, and to identify their contributions.
Initial contributions are expected to be single image files; no
restrictions are placed on file size, although the preferred formats
are:
* 24-bit TIFF (RGB), 640x480 pixels, IBM PC byte order,
with LZW compression.
* Adobe Photoshop (2.5), 640x480 pixels
Other file types are welcome, but please check with the technical
coordinator first. Animation, multi-media, audio, MIDI and font files
are welcome, and you should contact the technical coordinator for
further information. Files created on an Apple Macintosh should be
binhex'd before contributing. The ArtAIDS LINK will become active on
World AIDS Day, 1st December 1994, hosted by Queen Mary and Westfield
College, University of London. This was preceded by an Internet video
conference launch, using the MBONE, on 28th December and hosted by
University College London. The LINK will close in March 1995, and
re-open in November 1995, prior to World AIDS Day 1995. We are
seeking sponsorship to help maintain the LINK; please contact Andrew
Nimmo if you are interested.
Project Coordinator: Q Love (Roarke Associates)
Technical Coordinator: Andrew Nimmo (email A.D.Nimmo@dcs.qmw.ac.uk)
Project Curator: Peter Ride (Cambridge Darkroom Gallery)
ArtAIDS LINK: http://artaids.dcs.qmw.ac.uk:8001/
ArtAIDS Email:ArtAIDS@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>
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ArtAIDS is a collaborative project for CRUSAID, a leading UK AIDS
fund-raising charity, with the Cambridge Darkroom Gallery, Queen Mary
and Westfield College (University of London), University College
London, Roarke Associates and the BBC Networking Club.
The ArtAIDS LINK is supported by funding from the Arts Council of England.
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