Thread by @thesarahshow

Let's talk about Kid Pix and what it means to me.

Kid Pix was a bitmap drawing software for children by Craig Hickman, released by Brøderbund for home use in 1991.

When I got it as a gift at the end of 1992, it began my life's journey of making art with computers.

Over the past decade, I've become known for my "VideoPaintings" using the Sony Video Painter, a 1991 tablet that allows me to draw directly onto VHS.

I see this a collaboration with my inner child-artist, a direct link to my first creations with Kid Pix.

Kid Pix was a surprisingly robust tool.

While it had zany features like built-in stamps and fun *destroy it all* eraser animations, at its core it offered the same basic principles of professional digital paint software of the era.

I choose tools that serve as their own reflection on the strangeness of shifting media in the millennial lifetime.

I've long explored analog video for this reason. But the subject of my latest project asked me to return to my roots: I created the entire series with Kid Pix.

The use of Kid Pix for my new series is not merely an aesthetic choice: I'm reflecting on a life spent making art with computers.

And this is not only my story, but all of ours: the weirdness of our journey through crypto art.

I will tell you more when the time is right...

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