As one can imagine, a traveling exhibition involves much effort and support. So, it is important to recognize everyone who has contributed to its success.
I appreciate the kind invitation offered us by John Durno, Head of Library Services and founder of the Historic Computing Lab at the University of Victoria's McPherson Library. Our mutual love of digital preservation brought us together many years ago to co-teach the “Retro Machines and Media” course at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI). His work to restore art produced for the Telidon system has been instrumental in keeping this influential form accessible to the public. I also thank my colleague Ray Siemens, founder of DHSI, for making it possible to participate for these 14 years as an instructor, curator of three exhibitions, and host of the ELO 2016 conference. I am happy to be able to participate one last time in the event before it moves to Montréal in 2025.
I also want to acknowledge the kind support of my own university, Washington State University Vancouver, specifically Chancellor Mel Netzhammer, who continues to support the lab and its many projects; and Dr. Pavithra Narayaran, Director of the College of Arts and Sciences, who provided the gifts of time and resources.
Without the original support of the sponsors, Autodesk and Dick Hannah Dealerships, I could not have mounted the exhibition in its early stages. Both provided funding to bring students and lab staff to the exhibition to assist with helping visitors and handling tech support: Thank you very much, Jennifer Watters, Jordan Giboney, and Denise McCarthy, from Autodesk; and Jason Hannah, from Dick Hannah Dealerships, for the continued support of the faculty and students in the department.
Additionally, members of the Electronic Literature Lab provided support with planning the exhibition, creating the promotional materials for it, and handling the tech support in advance of the event. Thank you to Greg Philbrook, our tech guru, who worked with me to prepare the works and computers for the exhibition; Holly Slocum, the lab's Senior Designer and Project Manager, who designed the website and other materials and helped to coordinate the activities of everyone else from the lab involved; Andrew Thompson, who coded the website; Sierra O'Neal, who created the many 3D models for the archival website; and Kathleen Zoller, now working with GTMA, who produced the animation for the exhibition website.
A special thank you goes to the exhibition team, all three who hail from the Creative Media & Digital Culture (CMDC) program of the DTC Department: Dr. John Barber, Associate Professor and fall 2024 graduate James Lesperance both served as docents; Andrew Thompson, as our Project Manager and Tech Support.
Finally, I want to thank Mark Anderson for his careful reading of the original Curatorial Statement and his input on the historical aspects of many of the hypertext authoring programs included in this exhibition. I also want to recognize Walter Vannini and Lorenzo Miglioli who provided me with a clearer understanding of the history and cultural impact of RA-DIO. Walter also made a special trip to Regensberg to share his copy of RA-DIO and other artifacts from the project for the exhibition. I am blessed to have such great colleagues in the field of hypertext.