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There are three ways of using computers in art: as storage devices, as passive instruments of artistic creation, and as active
instruments in the generation of images, sounds, etc.
In the first category, they are not used in an essentially different manner than other storage devices, such as books and tapes.
The only difference to books lies in the fact that the latter are physical means, and not virtual. Thus, through books the
reader has a completely different touch and visual contact, than with a text stored in a computer and examined through a
screen. There are many anecdotes of people who were attracted by certain volumes in a library or bookstore, which became
important in their lives. Or, while browsing through the pages of a book, were unconsciously attracted to reading something
that turned to be very important for them. We doubt that computers may cause this intuitive connection in the same degree
as the contact with a real, non-virtual object. While producing this paper, we kept printing the various versions, because the
printed text permits an overview that we miss when using a text editor. Aside from these disadvantages, it is possible to
mention a number of advantages in virtual storage: automatic search, efficiency in storage, copy and transmission,There are three ways of using computers in art: as storage devices, as passive instruments of artistic creation, and as active
instruments in the generation of images, sounds, etc.
In the first category, they are not used in an essentially different manner than other storage devices, such as books and tapes.
The only difference to books lies in the fact that the latter are physical means, and not virtual. Thus, through books the
reader has a completely different touch and visual contact, than with a text stored in a computer and examined through a
screen. There are many anecdotes of people who were...