ASPECT was founded in 2003 by artist and educator Michael Mittelman. The mission of the publication was to distribute and archive works of time-based art. Each issue highlighted artists working in new or experimental media, whose works are best documented in video or sound. ASPECT began when Mittelman was frustrated with the lack of teaching materials available in the field of Interrelated Media. After meeting with leading curators such as George Fifield, director of the Boston Cyberarts Festival, and Bill Arning, curator at the List Visual Arts Center, led Michael to the conclusion that curators and artists would gladly participate in a DVD publication of their work, and Volume 1: Artists of the Boston Cyberarts Festival was born. Rooted in its mission of distributing and archiving art that was best documented in video and/or sound, ASPECT became one of the most well-established and respected DVD magazine in its field, having featured over 50 works and artists in its four-year history.
