Atari-Noise

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Abstract

The "Atari 2600" was one of the most successful game consoles of all times. The system, launched in 1977, was one of the first game machines for which cartridges with new games were constantly being produced. Twenty-five million units are believed to have been sold up to 1991. Arcangel Constantini hacked the antiquated gaming device, that you can buy cheap today on the flea market, and converted it into an "audio-visual noise pattern generator keyboard" (Constantini). The artist combined several elements of the game console in order to allow the user to generate chaotically distorted images at the push of a button; these images have about as much to do with the original computer gaming interface as the sound of a guitar string has to do with one of Jimi Hendrix’s feedback solo.

Artists / Authors

• Arcangel  Constantini

Origination

Mexico, 2000

URL

» http://www.atari-noise.com/

Submission

, Apr 8, 2004

Category

• artistic production

Keywords

• Topics:
  • interface |
  • visual effects |
  • games |
  • media art |
  • animation
• Formats:
  • interactive |
  • audio