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Doro,

I am not sure what the differences might be, if any, between "virtual
artists' books" accessed via the web and any other artwork that is designed
to be viewed via a computer.  Specifically, I am thinking of the CD
magazine, Artintact (Karlsruhe Cantz Verlag, 1994- ) which contains about 4
interactive works per CD issue.  The "sequential (or any other book-like)
manner" process your refer to is established by the viewer as they click
their way through the piece.  In some cases the piece has a designed-in
sequencing, ala a book, a conversation, or a stroll.  My point being that
media boundaries are becoming very blurred indeed, if in fact they exist at
all in these cases.  How one wishes to define "book", "sequential", or what
we mean by "reading" will be, for collections like yours, challenging
issues.  If you have not seen the following I would recommend it.

Regards,

Peter Blank

TITLE:    Artintact [interactive multimedia] : CD-ROMagazin interaktiver Kunst
            = artists' interactive CD-ROMagazine / ZKM/Zentrum fur Kunst und
            Medientechnologie Karlsruhe.
          Art intact
          Art int act
          Other title: CD-ROMagazin interaktiver Kunst
          Other title: Artists' interactive CD-ROMagazine
IMPRINT:  Karlsruhe Cantz Verlag, 1994-
OTHER:    Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe.
TOPICS:   Video art--Interactive multimedia--Periodicals.
          Installations (Art)--Interactive multimedia--Periodicals.
          Art, Modern--20th century--Interactive multimedia--Periodicals.
GENRE:    CD-ROM.
          German and English.
          Summary: Works by professional audio and visual media artists are
            featured. Artintact combines the traditional print format with CD-
            ROM technology where scholarly writings and illustrations on paper
            accompany and exhibit the interactive art works presented on the
            disc.

At 12:52 PM 1/21/99 -0600, you wrote:
>I am currently compiling a list of virtual artists' "books" for our
>patrons. To be more specific: I'm not  interested in mere depictions of
>artists' books on a web site, but on text/imagery that uses web technology
>in a somewhat sequential (or any other book-like) manner.
>I know this is a rather futile attempt as most of them will only be up for
>a limited amount of time, but I can always delete defunct sites and add new
>ones as they come.
>
>So far I have about 15 addresses (which I gladly share with anybody
>interested in the field) and would gratefully add any suggestions that you
>can offer. Have you seen anything interesting recently?
>
>Is there a good way to search for this type of material? (Obviously using
>"virtual" and "book" will get me anywhere except to my desired destination…)
>
>My email address is below. Thanks for any help.
>
>Doro
>
>
>AnneDorothee Boehme, Library Materials Specialist
>Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection
>John M Flaxman Library/School of the Art Institute of Chicago
>37 S Wabash Av
>Chicago, Il 60603
>
>312-899-5098 ( voice )
>312-899-1465 ( fax )
>
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