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ImageWriter ASCII-ART Intetactive installation Ars Electronica 2003 6th - 11th September 2003 Linz, Austria
The typewriter, that outdated writing machine, is combined with its successor the computer to form an input-output interface. Through this interface a picture is taken of the users face which is then converted to ASCII and dictated to him/her through text-to-speech. The user then types their portrait on the typewriter.		ImageWriter is an examination of high-tech vs. low-tech and confronts the computer with the typewriter. Unlike ASCII art produced by a computer and a printer, the ASCII art produced by means of a typewriter is unique and each picture an original.


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