
Moleman2isaboutthedemoscenesubculture,toldbymostlyHungariansceneres,butitfeaturesalsosomeothernationalities.<br/> Asanimpactofthespreadingofcomputertechnology,somenewartsectionshavebeenborn.Someofthemjustdigitizedtheanalogueforms,butsomeproducedwholenewartisticforms.Informertimes,image-,andsound-basedartsrequirednotonlyintellectualbutphysicalskillsaswell.Nowadays,computerprogrammingallowsustocreatenew-styledartworksusingonlyourintellectualskills.Wedon’tneedourphysicalskillsforthatanymore.Computertechnicsisthefastestdevelopingpartofourworld,whichproducesmoreandmorenewopportunitiesforart.Molemanshowsyounowadigitalsubculture,whereartistsdon’tusealwaysthelatesttechnology,buttheiraimisalsotobringoutthebestfrom30year-oldcomputertechnics.<br/> Thedemosceneisacomputerartsubculturethatspecializesinproducingdemos,whicharenon-interactiveaudio-visualpresentationsthatruninreal-timeonacomputer.Themaingoalofademoistoshowoffprogramming,artistic,andmusicalskills.<br/> Thedemoscenefirstappearedduringthe8-biteraoncomputerssuchastheCommodore64,ZXSpectrumandAmstradCPC,andcametoprominenceduringtheriseofthe16/32-bithomecomputers(theAmigaandtheAtariST).Intheearlyyears,demoshadastrongconnectionwithsoftwarecracking.Whenacrackedprogramwasstarted,thecrackerorhisteamwouldtakecreditwithagraphicalintroductioncalleda“crackintro”(shortenedcracktro).Later,themakingofintrosandstandalonedemosevolvedintoanewsubcultureindependentofthesoftware(piracy)scene.