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Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees

Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees rather than just read about it. In short: Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees is the first independent feature film by American filmmaker and artist David Blair. It was also the first film to be livestreamed on the Internet.

Key takeaways

Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees is the first independent feature film by American filmmaker and artist David Blair. It was also the first film to be livestreamed on the Internet.

Synopsis Blair performs in the film, which additionally features a cameo by William Burroughs. As an anti-war statement, Wax provided an early critique of the Gulf War. It is a combination of digital animation, found footage, and live action. Set in New Mexico around 1983, gun designer Jacob Maker inherited "Mesopotamian" bees from his grandfather.

Production Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees and Waxweb have been supported by substantial grants, co-production, and international sales. Grants for this project include three awards from the New York State Council for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, American Film Institute, Jerome Foundation, and Checkerboard Foundation. The film took a total of six years to produce. According to Blair, "it started as a three-and-a-half minute piece [...] then I added a story to it".

Reception Released in 1991, Wax was a cult hit, playing cinemas in 26 U.S. cities and had additional theatrical play in Japan and Australia. Wax was a co-production with ZDF, German Television, and opened theatrically to rave reviews at the Public Theater in New York. Wax was included in a number of 10 Best Film lists that year.

Legacy As the first film streamed across the Internet in 1993 (at 2 frames per second), the New York Times declaring Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees a “historic event.” That same year, the hypermedia version of the film, Waxweb, was one of the first sites on the World Wide Web, and thus has been repeatedly cited as a milestone of Internet Art. Waxweb has been presented in museums worldwide. Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees was an early example of digital cinema, was one of the first independent films to be edited on a digital non-linear system, the Montage Picture Processor, and transferred from video to 16mm film for theatrical presentation.

See also Internet art History of the Internet

References

External links Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees at IMDb Review: A Moral and Political Film under the Visual Overload

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees

In research: Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1990s avant-garde and experimental films, 1990s collage films, 1991 American films, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

What is Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees in simple terms?

Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees is the first independent feature film by American filmmaker and artist David Blair. It was also the first film to be livestreamed on the Internet.

Why does Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

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