nytimes 11-5-99

[Simon Nathan <simonwide@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

posted by simon nathan

        Since its founding in 1976, the P. S. 1 Contemporary Arts
        Center has emerged as an important home for cutting edge art
        in New York City. The museum draws heavily on site-specific
        and installation art, work which often engages the viewer in
        radically different ways from conventional art.

        To give online users a sense of these works, we have used
        IPIX PhotoBubbles, spherical electronic photographs. The
        PhotoBubbles are created by mating two exposures, each
        encompassing a 185-degree view, to create a single
        360-degree sphere. Special software is then used to correct
        the perspective, resulting in a PhotoBubble.

        To provide additional context to viewers as they explore these
        works, each PhotoBubble is accompanied by audio excerpts
        from an interview with P. S. 1's founding director, Alanna
        Heiss.
 
 
 

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                                                          ABOUT PS1
                                                          A brief
                                                          introductory
                                                          essay on
                                                          P.S. 1,
                                                          along with recent
                                                          Times articles on
                                                          developments at the
                                                          museum and audio
                                                          from P.S. 1 founder
                                                          Alanna Heiss on the
                                                          institution's history
                                                          and goals.

                                                          MULTIMEDIA TOUR
                                                          Take a
                                                          multi-media
                                                          tour of P.S.
                                                          1 with IPIX
                                                          PhotoBubbles and
                                                          audio.

                                                          PLUG-IN HELP
                                                          Links to RealPlayer
                                                          and IPIX.