The Result of Collapsing Two Simultaneous Views

<p>Ten years later, in an interview with PC Magazine, Brian Eno picked up the thread of an ambient composition. To his interviewers’ dismay, he claimed that the only useful quality of computers is their potential as semi-automated compositional systems. He confronted the interviewer, stating that “the only interesting thing about computers is screensaver software”. Software used to move large chunks of data around (such as video editing, page layout or even word processing) were all wrong — the transformative power of software was its ability to create real-time models that automatically generate endless variations.</p> <p class="first">The result of collapsing two simultaneous views of an object at one time.</p> <p>Six prototype softwares together with this text comprise a retroactive history of the screensaver. All screensavers are available for sale online at <a href="http://www.o-r-g.com/O-R-G" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">o-r-g.com/O-R-G</a></p> <p>O-R-G designs, makes and sells small, specific softwares.</p> <p>Six Prototypes for a Screensaver was commissioned for “Quick, Quick, Slow: Word, Image and Time”. Curated by Emily King, this exhibition is a co-production between Museu Colecção Berardo and ExperimentaDesign Lisboa 2009, 10 September – 29 November.</p> <p>Text and software © 2009, David Reinfurt</p>