The concept for the Dead Media Webpage was first concieved by science writer Bruce Sterling. In a past issue of Boing Boing magazine, Mr Sterling posted the Dead Media Manifesto and asked for help in creating a virtual library dedicated to past forms of media. This request was also made public in a speech on dead media at the International Symposium on Electronic Arts in Montreal, Canada in September, 1995.

     In developing this site, we, the students of the Vancouver Film School-Multimedia, first had to define what the term media involved. It was our belief that the word itself implies the notion of communication. Therefore, anything that was once used to relay a message would be applicable. It is our hope that in the future the site will be expanded to encompass other forms as well.

     For those interested in finding out more about some of the items listed here, a complete set of the Dead Media Working Notes are available. There is also a Dead Media Collector's List for those in search of buying or selling various dead media.