KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid)

while in this instance, geert will surely benefit from an example a PP demo of the work,
rather than a stand-alone version. from a requirement like mentioning powerpoint
specifically, you can pretty well guess they won't be too open-minded to doing much with
computers beyond a slide show or linear animation.

But it goes far deeper.

A CD that auto-starts a program was mentioned, though the osX sollution is actually far
simpler, it really isn't a necessary option. Even though there's little practical difference in
using Mac or Win platforms, on Win there are steps to navigate your way to the D drive
(usually, where you'll find a CD once inserted. however, on mac, specifying it is actually not
even a conscious effort. it appears and you use it lioke any other folder when you see it.
auto-starting would actually be a bit of an annoyance (thinking that way, using either
platform), if you inserted the CD while doing something else.

in many cases, these tiny shifts in perspective mean anything BEYOND power point (the bulk
of what computers are capable of) remains in many viewers' "blind spots". rather than see it
does something unexpected, they often see it does nothing at all.

and in many cases, trying to translate what you do, into power point, makes no real sense.
won't work. for example, you may create a piece that looks up stock indexes, compares it to
local weather, and draws something with that info in ASCII. A page of ASCII code, would tell
you nothing, and the observer could easily assume you simply arranged these letters. Since
the composition (which ordinarily would gain its interesting-ness from it's dynamics, not any
still) may not have that much visual aesthetic value to them.

often, the unpredictable-ness of the results, is far more the focus, than individual results at
isolated, very specific times. if the piece is merely a bouncing ball, that changes the volume
of audio with your movement, there is no real non-interactive way to show this.

it is a tiny shift of perspective that prevents viewers from seeing that linear documentation
falls far far short of what a lot of non-linear pieces are doing. essentially, it's like
demonstrating linguistics, with only a short monologue. one of the strengths of language
being conversation.

good luck to geert. it is often a ton more work, time and file space (significant mostly only
when delivery is a URL) to create these linear (which essentially power point or HTML really is)
facsimiles than simply the piece itself. beware of those who invoke the words "computer
art", but really only want traditional work that reminds them of watching the Matrix.

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