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textmode.art by humanbydefinition is a browser tool that allows you to upload and layer images and videos and add effects to it. You can experiment with character sets and many other things. Work in progress.

mistfunk:
Ever feel like you’re struggling to emerge from a foggy brain haze of static or line noise? Littlebitspace captures the sensation in this #ASCIIart illustration, “Tangled”, included in the recent MIST0223 artpack collection.

Notation (?) for Yannis Xenakis’ Le Diatope from 1978 that merges sound, light, color and architecture during live performances. h/t Tim Koch

Various blue music software for DOS: Composer 669 (1992), Multitracker (1993), HSC Tracker (1994), Surprise Adlib Tracker (1995).

Text-mode music software: Plebtracker (Linux, 2018) and Looper (Windows). h/t: bitnibblebyte

WarGames (1983) uses what looks like a custom font to display thermonuclear text mode graphics. It was made on a CompuPro 8/16, although an IMSAI 8080 is used in the movie (apparently for sale for $25,000). Read more, see more.

Old sketchbook drawings by Jennifer Daniel, via Book by its Covers. h/t: svea rikes lag