[SIGCIS-Members] Graphics Gathering

[Brian Berg]

Thanks.  Was there much talk about how the Univ. of Utah became a hotbed of
activity after Evans recruited Sutherland, who together formed E&S?  Much
of that is discussed here
<https://www.es.com/news/featured/the-birth-of-computer-graphics/>.

Brian Berg

On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 9:09 AM Chuck House <housec1839 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Liza, I appreciated the invite to this, though I got it late enough that I
> was unable to attend.   Sounds like a rollicking good time!
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> Chuck
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> *From: *Members <members-bounces at lists.sigcis.org> on behalf of "LO*OP
> CENTER, INC." <lizaloop at loopcenter.org>
> *Date: *Monday, February 22, 2021 at 8:54 AM
> *To: *"David C. Brock" <dcb at dcbrock.net>
> *Cc: *members <members at sigcis.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Graphics Gathering
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> Thanks for posting this news about the Graphics Gathering, David.
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> The whole, unedited recording will not be released because we didn't ask
> for permission to do this from all attendees. However, excerpts covering
> specific topics with confidential material redacted can be requested. (I'll
> get in touch with the organizers and let you know who to contact or you can
> reach out to the attendees directly) The "party" ran for more than 13 hours
> with participants from California to Singapore. Conversations were
> wide-ranging with a wonderful recounting of the early history of customized
> printing by 96 year-old Marvin Pearlmutter. Marvin pioneered digital
> control of a linotype machine and showed this at the New York World's Fair,
> Bell Labs and Princeton. His son, Howard Pearlmutter, founder of the
> Gathering in 1981, and others displayed many posters and illustrations from
> the Graphics Gathering and Peoples' Computer Company. We talked about which
> were hand-drawn, why, and what computer tools were used. Other highlight
> topics were: who worked with whom in the '60s and '70s, what access to
> computing kids had back then, how young techies are interacting with
> government today and, of course, what we anticipate for the future of tech.
> Ecology and ethics came up almost as much as graphics and computing.
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> I managed to stay awake for the whole 13 hours and was fascinated by the
> volume of, most likely, undocumented history that was aired. Let's get
> these stories preserved and make sure they are accurate while we have the
> opportunity to interact with the people who lived them.
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> Cheers,
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> Liza
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> On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 6:12 AM David C. Brock <dcb at dcbrock.net> wrote:
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> For people interested in the history of computer graphics, my colleagues
> and I at CHM just learned about a recent online reunion meeting of the
> community around an annual Valentine’s Day computer “Graphics Gathering” in
> the Bay Area that started in 1981. It appears to have been quite a
> heterogeneous group: Attendees at the recent reunion included Ted Nelson,
> Dan Kotkke, Liza Loop, and many others. The reunion was a multi-hour Google
> Meet that was recorded. More on the Graphics Gathering here:
> http://ecocre8.com/
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> I thought that someone interested in the history of computer graphics
> might want to dig into this, get a copy of the recording from the reunion
> organizers, etc.
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> All the best,
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> David
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