2014 performance of "The Demo," a music theater work written by composer/performers Mikel Rouse and Ben Neill based on Douglas Engelbart’s historic 1968 demonstration of early computer technology. Engelbart’s 1968 demo rolled out virtually everything that would define modern computing; videoconferencing, hyperlinks, networked collaboration, digital text editing, and something called a “mouse.” The Demo re-imagines Engelbart’s historic demonstration as a technologically-infused music theater piece, a new form of hybrid performance.
Ben Neill
Writer
Bob McGrath
Director
Mikel Rouse
Writer
Mikel Rouse
Douglas Engelbart
Ben Neill
William English
Douglas Carl Engelbart
Himself (archival footage)
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me84%
Katy Perry: Part of Me71%
Bad 2572%
Justin Bieber's Believe69%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon81%
The Velvet Underground67%
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne78%
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese70%
Stop Making Sense83%
20 Feet from Stardom71%
Thriller 4086%
That's Entertainment! III70%
The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel72%
Crossfire Hurricane70%
One Direction: This Is Us82%
Moonage Daydream74%
Supersonic73%
Music by John Williams80%
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert58%
