Digital Rear Window

In 1993, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “Digital Rear Window” by Kevin Ruston (Interactive Art) with a Honorary Mention.

My program enabled me to deconstruct the film 'Rear Window' by Hitchcock down into a set of component parts which could then be reconstructed into an event-driven interactive structure. This involves building visual interfaces where the interaction is based on 'scripting' - each object (sound, image, text, button…

About Kevin Ruston

Kevin Ruston (GB), born 1968, is a Lecturer in Communications and research topics at Bristol University W. E., and Studied at the Gwent College of Higher Education in Wales.

Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.

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