Instagram Meets Telidon

Abstract

1. Introduction: Pictures Spun from the Raw Data Stream

• The Technological Footnote in the Development of the Web
• Painting by Typing Numbers

2. Steam Punk Internet: What Is Telidon?

• Canadas Own Proto-Web
• Trials and Tribulations
• Graphics Innovations of Telidon
• Interactive Art in the Comfort of Your Home

3. Authority Report: The History of Telidon 1978-1985

• The Birth of Telidon
• The Development of Telidon
• Meet the Simple Competition: Teletext
• Meet the Complex Competition: Videotex
• Telidon Strikes
• Exhibitions During the Active Years of Telidon
• The Twilight Years of the Telidon Trial

4. Color of Space: The NAPLPS Graphics Protocol

• Where Is NAPLPS Today?

5. Hashtag Recall: The Telidon Art Collection

• Telidon Art on Instagram
• The Artists of the Inter/Access Telidon Collection
• Full Circle: Digital to Analog to Digital

6. Electric Conservation: NAPLPS Graphics on Modern Hardware

• Original Hardware
• The State of Conservation
• The Four Challenges of Conservation
1. Original Data Stored on Disks
2. Translating the Data Files
3. Video Recordings and Photos of a Telidon Display
4. Transformation into Analog Art: Prints of Telidon Pieces

7. Conclusion: Let's Hope the Future Is Here To Stay

Appendix

• The Collection
• Sources