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digital art
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Since the 1960s, various name ...
group founded in Canada by Many Axe (later Frozen Tormentor) in 1991. Although the expanded title is rarely ever used, iCE is an acronym for ''Insane Creators Enterprise''. iCE, along with
ACiD Productions
ACiD Productions (ACiD) is a digital art group. Founded in 1990, the group originally specialized in ANSI artwork for BBSes. More recently, they have extended their reach into other graphical media and computer software development. During the BB ...
, was one of the most prominent and critically successful groups on the
underground computer artscene.
[Sadofsky, Jason Scott.]
BBS: The Documentary
. ARTSCENE Episode. May 21, 2005.
History
The group originally specialized in the creation of
ANSI art
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work for
BBSes and
MCGA graphics. During the BBS-era, their biggest competitor was
ACiD Productions
ACiD Productions (ACiD) is a digital art group. Founded in 1990, the group originally specialized in ANSI artwork for BBSes. More recently, they have extended their reach into other graphical media and computer software development. During the BB ...
.
The ANSI
artscene
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Early computer art
The history of computer art predates the computer art scene for several decades, with the first expe ...
was in a continual state of flux, with intense rivalry between artists and groups. In addition, ANSI artists tended to switch loyalties often, moving from group to group. Groups would merge and restructure, or completely disband, but iCE was generally viewed by
artscene
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Early computer art
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regulars as one of the more stable groups. iCE was known to have particularly effective artistic leadership, and benefited from early
artscene
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Early computer art
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leaders such as
Tempus Thales.
iCE, like their peers in the
artscene
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Early computer art
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, released artwork on a monthly basis in the form of an
artpack. iCE released their first monthly
artpack, referred to as an "iCEpack", in August 1992.
During the transition between BBS to the
Internet
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, interest in iCE began to wane somewhat during the late 1990s. This was quickly reversed after the introduction of their well receive
Tiles collaborative art project in December 2000.
In 2006 iCE branched out into
collaborative art,
photography
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and
digital art
Digital art refers to any artistic work or practice that uses digital technology as part of the creative or presentation process, or more specifically computational art that uses and engages with digital media.
Since the 1960s, various name ...
with members worldwide. Although iCE has continued to release monthly galleries of art, they abandoned the traditional
artpack format after the release of their July 2002 artpack (dated August 6, 2002) in favor of an online presentation via their website.
Welcome to iCE.org!
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Releases
iCEpacks
August 1992
(first release)
August 1997 Disk A
(fifth anniversary)
August 1997 Disk B
August 1997 Disk C
August 1997 Disk D
August 1997 Disk E
August 2002
(final iCEpack released in zip format)
December 2002
(tenth anniversary, converted to zip format by RaD Man)
Image Viewer
iCEview
a DOS
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DOS may also refer to:
Computing
* Data over signalling (DoS), multiplexing data onto a signalling channel
* Denial-of-service attack (DoS), an attack on a communicat ...
mode multi format image viewer.
References
External links
In the news
iCE's Modern Version of Old-Fashioned Quilting Bee
on slashdot.org (January 23, 2005)
Web-based Collaborative Artwork
on slashdot.org (July 2, 2001)
New iCE Web Site
on slashdot.org (June 4, 1999)
Official sites
iCE website
iCE Photography website
iCE Tiles website
iCE official Facebook page
Galleries
Sixteen Colors: iCE Advertisements
textfiles.com iCE collection
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1991 establishments in Canada
Artscene groups
Bulletin board systems