RaD Man

Christian Wirth, better known by the pseudonym RaD Man, is a computer artist and historian. He works in the field of ANSI art, a method of creating art using a limited set of text characters and color escape codes based loosely on the relevant ANSI standard (X3.64: Control Sequences for Video Terminals and Peripherals).

RaD Man was initially involved in the Aces of ANSI Art (AAA), an organization which created ANSI artwork for a number of computer bulletin board systems in the late 1980s. With others, he created the "ANSI Creators in Demand" group (also known as ACiD).

Starting in 1990, ACiD released artwork on an ad-hoc network of BBSes, updating a collection of art known as the "ACiD Acquisition" by sending a compressed file of all the completed work up to that time. By 1992, the increasing file size made this process impractical, and this led to the development of the artpack, where groups of artists (including ACiD) would upload monthly update packages instead.

In 1996, RaD Man founded the ACiD Artpacks Archive to collect the artpacks created by the [http://artscene.textfiles.com/artpacks/ hundreds of groups] that followed in ACiD's footsteps. This collection eventually was transferred to DVD as " [http://www.darkdomain.org/ Dark Domain] " in 2004.

Since 2002, RaD Man has worked as a historian and spokesperson for the artscene, collecting information and interviews with the artists involved, and creating reports and presentations on the lineage of computer art. Some of this work includes " [http://www.acid.org/radio/index.html The ARTS] ", a talk radio show which discusses the many different facets of the creative computer underground scenes and the Pilgrimage 2004 demoparty. [http://pilgrimage.scene.org/2004/]

In 2006, RaD Man became a member of cDc's Ninja Strike Force. [http://www.cultdeadcow.com/archives/2006/06/brand_new_nsfer_hawt.php3]

In 2007, he co-founded Blockparty, a North American demoparty. For their inaugural year, they paired up with Notacon which takes place annually in Cleveland, Ohio. This collaborative effort allowed the fledgling party to utilize the existing support structure of an established conference.

External links

Interviews

* 1992 - [http://www.acid.org/radman/interviews/interview-ian_davis-1992-product1_emag-radman.txt RaD Man interviews Ian Davis, author of TheDraw ANSI editor]
* 1992 - [http://www.acid.org/radman/interviews/interview-radman-1992-not_emag-mind_bomb.txt NOT! magazine interview with RaD Man]
* 1994 - [http://www.acid.org/radman/interviews/interview-radman-1994-corruption_emag-eternal_lie.txt Corruption magazine interview with RaD Man]
* 1994 - [http://www.acid.org/radman/interviews/interview-radman-1994-distorted_emag-deeply_disturbed.txt Distorted magazine interview with RaD Man]
* 1995 - [http://www.acid.org/radman/interviews/interview-radman-1995-jonas_emag-mogel.txt Jonas magazine interview with RaD Man]
* 1996 - [http://www.acid.org/radman/interviews/interview-radman-1996-beyond_the_horizon-shivan_bastard.txt Beyond the Horizon interview with RaD Man]
* 1997 - [http://www.acid.org/radman/interviews/interview-radman-1997-acrylic_reprint-whodini.html Acrylic magazine interview with RaD Man (reprint)] [http://www.acid.org/radman/interviews/interview-radman-1997-acrylic_weekly-whodini.ans .ANS version (original)]
* 1998 - [http://www.acid.org/radman/interviews/interview-radman-1998-woezine-diadem.txt Woezine magazine interview with RaD Man]
* 1999 - [http://www.acid.org/radman/interviews/interview-radman-1999-acheron-dangermouse.html Acheron.org interview with RaD Man]
* 2002 - [http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/photos/051radman/index.html Interview with RaD Man] for the independent documentary film, ""
* 2003 - [http://www.acid.org/radman/interviews/interview-radman-2003-ice-slothy.html iCE.org interview with RaD Man]
* 2004 - [http://www.acid.org/radman/interviews/interview-radman-2004-tsifra-jashiin-combined.html Tsifra magazine interview with RaD Man] (translated in both English and Russian)
* 2004 - [http://www.3dluvr.com/content/article/144 3dluvr.com interview with RaD Man and Legalize] concerning Pilgrimage 2004 and the state of the scene

peeches

* 2004 - [http://web.archive.org/web/20041012222106/www.assembly.org/seminars/speakers/others "The Art of Textmode"] at Assembly 2004, August 5, 2004 - August 8, 2004
* 2004 - [http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collectionid=notacon-artscene-2004-04-24&collection=textfiles_audio Jason Scott and RaD Man (ACiD) - 100 Years of the Computer Art Scene] Presented at Notacon 1, April, 2004
* 2005 - [http://www.notacon.org/speakers.html#wirth Steering an Art Collective] at Notacon
* 2005 - [http://www.deviantartsummit.com/news/32/#Beyond ASCII the Art of Textmode] at the deviantArt Summit
* 2007 - [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3533339596291562602&hl=en T506 - Self Publishing in the Underground] at DefCon 15, August 4, 2007

Artwork

* [http://radman1.deviantart.com Gallery of artwork created by RaD Man]

Miscellaneous

* [http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=rad%20man RaD Man article by enwhysea] hosted on Everything2
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* [http://www.demoparty.us/ Blockparty]