Optic Nerve (CD-ROM) 4833502 159018266 2007-09-19T20:02:13Z Dreamer.se 4259502 {{otheruses3|Optic Nerve}} {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = Optic Nerve | Type = studio | Longtype = ([[Charitable organization|Charity]] [[CD-ROM]]) | Artist = [[Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series]] | Cover = David Wojnarowicz - Optic Nerve (CD-ROM).jpg | Released = [[1999]] | Recorded = | Genre = [[Multimedia]] | Length = | Label = [[Red Hot Organization]] | Producer = [[Red Hot Organization]], [[Funny Garbage]] | Reviews = | | Last album = ''[[Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove]]'' <br/>(1998) | This album = '''''Optic Nerve''''' ([[David Wojnarowicz]])<br/>(1999) | Next album = ''[[Red Hot + Indigo]]'' <br/>(2001) }} '''Optic Nerve''' is an interactive, [[CD-ROM]] showcasing the life and work of [[multimedia]] artist [[David Wojnarowicz]]. The disc includes film, interviews, music, performance, painting and writing from the artist. The release is the first entry in the [[Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series]] with a non-musical focus. Production was handled by the [[Red Hot Organization]] (RHO) and [[Funny Garbage]], in conjunction with the [[New Museum of Contemporary Art]] exhibit entitled '''"Fever: The Art of David Wojnarowicz."''' The disc also features an interactive version of '''''ITSOFOMO''''' &mdash; the series of public performances, featuring readings from Wojnarowicz's work, along with multiple video images which the artist either created or selected. Optic Nerve was originally available from [[New York City]]'s New Museum bookstore. At that time, four dollars received from the sale of each disc was donated to the [[Hetrick Martin Institute]] &mdash; an entity which had Wojnarowicz as a patron. The HMI is a leading professional provider of social support and programming for all at-risk youth, particularly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning youth in the New York metropolitan area. The CD-ROM has since become available from the Red Hot Organization. ==External links== *[http://www.redhot.org/projects/optic_nerve.html Information page] on ''Optic Nerve'' at the Red Hot Organization website *[http://www.artincontext.org/listings/pages/exhib/y/z7fdlc8y/press.htm Fever: The Art of David Wojnarowicz] [[Category:Spoken word]] [[Category:Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series]] [[Category:1999 albums]]