TY - BOOK ID - 85903755 TI - ZX Spectrum Demoscene AU - Marecki, Piotr AU - Yerzmyey AU - Straka, Robert  AU - Jochym, Justyna PY - 2020 SN - 8323371253 8323348626 9788323371250 9788323348627 PB - Krakow Jagiellonian University Press DB - UniCat KW - Sinclair ZX Spectrum (Computer) KW - Programming. KW - Computers KW - Computer graphics. KW - Interactive multimedia. KW - Multimedia (Art) KW - Computer art. KW - Social aspects KW - New media art KW - Art, Computer KW - Computer craft KW - Digital art KW - Arts KW - Multi media (Art) KW - Computer software KW - Hypermedia systems KW - Interactive media KW - Computer art KW - Graphic arts KW - Electronic data processing KW - Engineering graphics KW - Image processing KW - Automatic drafting KW - Graphic data processing KW - Graphics, Computer KW - Computer systems KW - Cybernetics KW - Machine theory KW - Calculators KW - Cyberspace KW - Automatic computers KW - Automatic data processors KW - Computer hardware KW - Computing machines (Computers) KW - Electronic brains KW - Electronic calculating-machines KW - Electronic computers KW - Hardware, Computer KW - Electronic digital computers KW - Spectrum, Sinclair ZX (Computer) KW - ZX Spectrum (Computer) KW - Digital techniques UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85903755 AB - This monograph was written from the perspective of the demoscene, i.e. users and creators whose interests are focused on the capabilities of the British 8-bit computer ZX Spectrum. The book does not include the official history of the computer, but the local narrative. The authors examine the processes of "taking over" the western platform, e.g. mass cloning of the hardware. They investigate creative artifacts specific to the ZX Spectrum scene and discuss the computer's capabilities for creating graphics, music, demos and games, applying the ethnographic method as well as platform studies and media archeology. ER -