Endemic Battle Collage by Geof Huth 1886～87

The work by Geof Huth is a play on words with the interaction that it creates with the screen. It has a hectic feeling to it. It does not have much sound but only a “beep”, “ticks” or noise that is commonly heard during everyday computer use of the early days. It is created in 1886 to 1887. This is a rather early time in the computer history but the work is still relatable today. The words very much relate to the image it created. For example, the running of the word rain does created the image or feel of rain as it scatter through the screen. What is special about this is that even though it is scattered along the screen one could still easily recognize the word that “rain”. Then as the word thread run vertically down the screen. the image of thread is created. The scatter of words on the screen then highlighted by selection is also a interesting experience where at first non recognition could be seen but through the highlights one could spot the words immediately. The whole work plays well with the eye and amazing at how so much could be read from it through a wrok created so early. It is just a black box within a computer screen, the creating pushes the boundaries to have a cohesive and powerful work within great constrains.