COMPONENTS OF INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE AND PRESERVATIONS
Kia Ng, Tran Vu Pham, Bee Ong, David Giaretta · 2007
Abstract – This paper presents an introduction to interactive multimedia performance, discusses its various components and focuses on preservation issues. As interactive multimedia performance is becoming popular in the performing arts communities, like other types of performance, there is the need to preserve related information and components of a performance for future study, analysis and recreation. One special characteristic that distinguishes interactive multimedia performance from other types of performance is its heavy reliance on digital media. Information in digital format is compact and ubiquitous but extremely fragile. The EU collaborative project CASPAR is building a digital preservation framework and infrastructure to address such challenges.