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Digital media are not "pure," since other media are their content . In a digital "multimedia" work, you click on a picture, and hear a sound, perhaps, or see a movie or animation. But why not click on a single color, instead of a symbol, an icon? Why not use the media of pure information -- color and light, sound and tone?
Colors have their own personalities, and in my work here, these personalities are made manifest through the use of sound and relationship. Size and position makes some colors dominant over others. The personalities interact: harmonious colors produce harmonious sounds; intersecting color planes produce intersecting sounds. This could be a framework for more interesting, true "multimedia" work. I have made variations where a particular color plane might contain a picture, a live television broadcast, an animation, or could be used as a palette to create a drawing. I envision also a multi-user version, where each color plane is manned by a different person, who endows it with their own personality.
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