Ascii rendering of an image does not allow you to use a lot of noise. We have now developed a java player so you can play it on a pc or a mac.ĪAE: (Vuk Cosic) First the decision was made to work on a pornofilm because of the close ups. The way it is displayed now it is a 175 megabite textfile which one can view on a text terminal. It is a version of 'Deep Throat' that is entirely in ascii characters. What is 'Deep Ascii'?ĪAE: (Luka Frelih) It is a movie. Let's go to 'Deep Ascii' first, as we are now at this WWVF. The Ascii Art Ensemble is the group that develops the toolbox by creating tools, applications, output, content to the internet. It is not just about representation of images and ideas, but it is also a sort of toolbox to communicate on the internet. ![]() This movement tends also to fast and compact communication. Since four years we have the web and everyone is thrilled with large binary objects. Ascii as a movement is very recent, very new. ![]() Connecting the ascii text to speech software (only possible with one frame at a time, a movie has about 30 frames per second), the abstract text sounds like Laurie Anderson next generation.ĪAE: (Walter van der Cruijsen) Ascii started a long time ago, when ascii was first used as a set of characters to program, to communicate with computers. They manage to completely deconstruct the movie and have plans to offer their software as a means to approach any possible images, the entire worldwideweb included. Advertising their work they have provided the 'entire' Amsterdam new media community with t-shirts with an exemplary still from the movie in ascii. As a first example of their possibilities the Ascii Art Ensemble has taken the 1972 porn movie 'Deep Throat' and converted it into moving ascii. ![]() Josephine Bosma interviewed them at their last day of collaborative work at the WWVF's office, with a local tv team breathing down our necks. Their efforts will be presented at the World Wide Video Festival (WWVF), which will be held in September of this year in Amsterdam, as part of Vuk Cosic's presentation. They develop freeware for moving ascii images and create artwork with it, but also related work like a flip book. The Ascii Art Ensemble consists of Walter van der Cruijsen (founder of ), Luka Frelih and Vuk Cosic (both Ljudmila Media Lab, Slovenia).
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