News broke last month that a series of Andy Warhol's images had been recovered from his 1985 Amiga computer. Today, the Carnegie Museum of Art has released a documentary explaining in detail how it all happened. A good portion of it happened in an Amiga enthusiast's basement. And it is awesome.
The film is a portrait of computer geeks and art geeks working together to solve a puzzle. As a computer geek, the most exciting moment for me came just after the 14-minute mark when the team realized they could convert an Amiga IFF file into a PNG file using ImageMagick . (This was also apparently the most exciting moment for the resident art geek in the film, Cory Arcangel , who explained the significance of uncovering a piece of clip-art modified by Andy Warhol 30 years ago.) This is worth a look for fans of retro computing, art preservation, documentaries, and/or Warhol. Enjoy:
The Invisible Photograph: Part II (Trapped) from Carnegie Museum of Art on Vimeo .
If you want to see the YouTube clip referenced in the documentary above, check out this 2009 post . Andâjust from me to youâif you visit the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, be sure to check out the basement. (There's a photo booth down there.)
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