Griffith University Art Museum CD-ROM Collection
The CD-ROMs held in the Griffith University Art Collection are a significant collection of interactive works from the 1990s. By imaging the media, testing emulation and interviewing artists, AAMA researchers are establishing methods and models for providing access to these born-digital artefacts – thereby enriching Australia’s digital cultural heritage.
Additionally, Griffith University Art Museum has installed a permanent Moving Image and Sound Archive portal which offers a rotating program of curatorial projects that recontextualise and provide access to screenings from Griffith University Art Collection’s Moving Image and Sound Archive, one of the largest collections of Australian early experimental video art. The archive offers a unique and detailed account of pivotal moments in Australian art history.
The Griffith University Art Collection contains 19 CD-ROMs representing the work of 22 artists:
Di Ball, Pearls of Wisdom, 1996.
Paul Brown, Sandlines, 1997.
Michael Buckley (with Julie Shiels), East Timor: Identity, Resistance and Dreams of Return, 1999.
Michael Buckley, The Good Cook, 1998.
Peter Charuk, Men’s Work, 1996.
Martine Corompt, The Cute Machine, 1997.
Linda Dement, Cyberflesh GirlMonster, 1996; Tales of Typhoid Mary, 1996; In my Gash, 1999.
Dorian Dowse, OmTipi, 1996.
Nola Farmen, The Michelangelo Project, 1995-1996
Lucy Francis, Virgin with Hard Drive, 1994.
Megan Heyward, I Am A Singer, 1997.
Felix Hude, Haiku Dada, 1996.
Troy Innocent & Ollie Olsen, Soundform, 1998.
MERLIN INTEGRATED MEDIA Jaffrey Cook, Sam de Silva and Gary Zebington), Metabody: From Cyborg to Synthborg, 1997.
Brad Miller and McKenzie Wark, Planet of Noise, 1997.
Brad Miller, A Digital Rhizome, 1994.
Lloyd Sharp, Wayne Stamp, Panos Couros, Basilisk and a Universe of Dirt, 1999.
The Good Cook: An Example from the Griffith Collection
Artist Statement: ‘The end of the night is a little forest of upturned chairs.’
Image credit: Curatorial documentation of the CD-ROM and cover of The Good Cook, provided by Griffith University Art Museum.
Image Credit: Michael Buckley, The Good Cook, 1999, Interactive CD-ROM, Griffith University Art Collection.
Screenshot of work running in Windows 98SE/MAC OS9, emulated in EaaSI.
Michael Buckley and Melanie Swalwell, Interview, Digital Heritage Lab, Swinburne University, December 2022.