The File Room: An Interactive Computer Project Addressing Cultural Censorship

October 1st, 1994

Categories: Education, Multimedia, Web Art

Authors

Roussou, M., Brenner, P.

About

The File Room is an illustrated archive of cases of cultural censorship throughout history and around the world. Presented both as a public interactive installation at the Chicago Cultural Center from May to September of 1994 and as a continuous web server housed at the University of Illinois at Chicago, The File Room was in development for over two and a half years. Our goal was to extend this project well beyond Chicago, drawing upon the participation of contributors world-wide and likewise providing global access to the compiled textual, visual, and sonic information. This project addressed the issues of public interactivity and the use of Mosaic as a tool for a kiosk-like presentation.

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Roussou, M., Brenner, P., The File Room: An Interactive Computer Project Addressing Cultural Censorship, Proceedings of Second WWW Conference ’94: Mosaic and the Web, Chicago, IL, October 1st, 1994. http://www.evl.uic.edu/EVL/RESEARCH/PAPERS/ROUSSOS/FileRoompaper.html