I am curious if anyone has used digital frames for
  displaying electronic artworks, such as those made
  by Ceiva and Digi-Frame, at the following URLs:

  Ceiva - http://www.ceiva.com/
  Digi-Frame - http://www.digi-frame.com/

  While marketed primarily for digital photography,
  they seem to be the ideal way to display digital
  documents, sounds, video, animations, images,
  screenshots, etc, yet only the latter seems to be
  designed for autonomous display (the former
  requires an Internet connection it seems). To me
  it is curious if museums have experimented with
  these technologies, or if they are discussed as
  potentials for displaying unique digital content
  without the need for a fully functioning (and also
  complex) computer for digital works.

  Having been reading about 'wunderkammers'
  and the precursors to today's museums, these
  seem to have some of the unique aspects of
  curiosity cabinets for electronic content, all in
  one form of display. An artist or curator could
  simply plug a compact-flash card in the back
  of the digi-frame and load a new collection or
  exhibit, and have a slideshow of 1,000 photos,
  from what the product literature implies.

  Such technologies of display also seem to allow
  a bridge between fully computerized spaces and
  the resources needed for running such systems,
  versus non-computing based collections where
  such a display can possibly co-exist, and well
  beyond simply 'digital photos' and into artworks,
  artifacts, and massive collections of visual, audio,
  video, and other information. Much intrigued by
  this, it is curious to know if others have explored
  or actually used such systems and to what effect.

  Thanks. Brian

  bc microsite http://www.electronetwork.org/bc/
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