Digital Arts titled "Video : Alphabet" by Frédéric Durieu & Nathalie Erin, Original Artwork, Other

Video : Alphabet (1998) Digital Arts by Frédéric Durieu & Nathalie Erin

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Alphabet is a multimedia work by Murielle Lefèvre, Frédéric Durieu and Jean-Jacques Birgé after Kvĕta Pacovská. Released as a CD-ROM in 1999, based on the eponymous book1 by the Czech artist. History In 1999, began the collaboration between Murielle Lefèvre and the famous visual artist Kvĕta Pacovská on the adaptation of the Théâtre de Minuit. The young Frenchwoman adapts the Czech artist's book for the small computer screen. Faced with the artistic, technological and commercial success of this project, publisher Syrinx and producer NHK decide to launch a new product around another successful title from Pacovská: Alphabet. Three co-authors signed this adaptation, in addition to Murielle Lefèvre from DadaMedia, Jean-Jacques Birgé, musician and great fan of computer hybrids, author of the Carton and Machiavelli CD-Roms, signed the sound score, as for Frédéric Durieu he took charge of the programming and interactivity. Published by Syrinx, it is produced by the education department of NHK, the Japanese public television. Alphabet works with three interfaces (mouse, keyboard and microphone) but has no visible interface on the screen, playing only on intuitive effects. The CD-ROM had to be installed and used on a microcomputer under Mac OS 7 or Windows 95. In 2003, it was ported to Windows 98, XP, 2000 and OSX. This tire, published in several countries and awarded numerous international prizes, has strongly marked the history of interactive arts. Étienne Mineur considers it the most beautiful and the most successful CD-ROM in the short history of "cultural" CD-ROMs. In 2004, Alphabet was exhibited at the Center Pompidou. Distinctions and prizes Möbius International Multimedia Grand Prize 2000 SACD Multimedia Prize 2000 Favorite Trophies SVM Mac, Prize for the best adaptation at the Bologna Festival in Italy Special Mention at the Montreuil Book and Youth Press Fair First Prize CineKid in Holland , GigaMaus in Germany First Prize Package MMCA in Japan, and in the United States: Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2002 Parents' Choice Silver Honor 2001 Discovery Award of Excellence 2001 Software Magic Award Parenting Magazine 2001, Children's Software Review All Star Award 2001 Choosing Children's Software Best Pick 2001 Best Software Pick Edutaining Kids 2001) Alphabet Prize in the USA

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Frédéric Durieu & Nathalie Erin

France

Frédéric Durieu, graduate of Polytechnique and artist, writes his own programs and uses the computers to make art since almost 30 years. Pioneer in this domain, his works was exhibited in major museums. He[...]