The Dada of All Demos
February 24, 2021
Presented by CultureHub
The computer mouse was invented by Doug Engelbart as a small part of a larger whole: the “oN-Line System.” Presented to the public in what later became known as “The Mother of All Demos,” the “oN-Line System” was responsible for some of the earliest versions of hyperlinks, multiple windows, real-time cross-computer collaboration, and finally, the use of a mouse.
Channeling Engelbart’s energy, The Dada of All Demos takes The Mother of All Demos as its departure. Participants engage in a collective scrolling performance lecture performed by CultureHub Resident Artist Emma Rae Bruml Norton. The performance re-orients us to something which already exists in the world, something which we always already have a relationship to: the computer mouse.
Attendees meet online at a custom website on their personal computers where they will watch the livestreamed lecture. Optionally, attendees also join through a smart phone to collectively scroll through a series of images related to the computer mouse's history.
To watch an archived recording of The Dada of All Demos, click here.
The Dada of All Demos was developed within the CultureHub Residency Program.