18 Lost Andy Warhol Artworks found... on Amiga Disks

[Badnik Mechanic]

 

Let put this into perspective. Amiga disks are over 30 years old. These disks in question are even older, and they still work!

 

So back in 1985 Commodore commissioned artist Andy Warhol to do some artwork (more like experiments) on the Amiga 1000 which they were launching at the time in order to promote it. 

 

Anyway, the disks and the artwork have been lost over the years... To add to the frustration, the data on the disks was saved in an obscure data format which meant recovery would be very difficult.

 

Which makes this story even more amazing.

 

A member of the Carnegie Mellon University's computer club watched a youtube documentary about Warhol and noticed he had an Amiga 1000 and did some work on it. So he contacted the Andy Warhol Museum in 2011 and asked if he could search their collection for the computer.

 

He found it. Along with a bunch of disks.

 

And they were able to recover the images using a form of magnetic imaging to copy the disks content without damaging the data.

 

 

In total 18 lost artworks have been recovered, the collection will go on display later this year and there will be a documentary uploaded to youtube with the said images included.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27141201

[BakingBluePotatoe]

Wow... the power of technology is incredible! It's quite interesting this guy noticed it and cared enough to check it out.

[Hero of Legend]

Shin'en originated as Abyss in the Amiga demo scene. Shin'en are gods of Nintendo hardware, having put out Nano Assault Neo on Wii U eShop at launch, and are soon releasing Art of Balance as well on Wii U eShop, but their BIG game will be Fast Racing Neo, sequel to Fast Racing League on WiiWare.

 

So yeah, these guys were born as wizards of tech, and Amiga was their home at the beginning.

[Mick Mundy]

Wow, fantastic!

Bravo to the student who took enough interest in the class. Technology these days are so fascinating. The fact so many works were recovered after SO many years makes it even more exciting. This guy deserves more recognition.