Multi media origins

I had never thought about the origins of multi media before, and I would not have thought that it could have started as early as cave paintings but having considered it I would agree that the mixture of chanting and echos with the cave paintings has parallels to modern multi media experiences. Ever since i was young i considered that science and art are linked that one influences and benefits the other, in multi media this is highlighted as without science much of modern art in whatever form would not have been possible.  The origins of art is cave paintings and as a lot of multi media is now considered art it would make sense that the origins are the same. 

Its interesting to see that while the technologies used and the subjects involved have been greatly developed the experience has stayed essentially the same, a mixture of visual and hearing. It is also interesting that this simple origins could have had so much bearing socially, politically and culturally on human society. I could be considered that a large amount of human individuality is expressed through or developed from art in some form and that cave paintings could be the origins of this as well, that human opinion started with the experiences of early man.

Its also interesting to think that the earliest multi media experience we in groups which is still the same today, it is often a social event to go to the cinema or watch films with people.

I think its also amazing to think that early humans found that the mixing experiences through many of your senses enhances the experiences and that thousands of years later this hasn't changed. That the foundations of our daily lives were so primitive and seem to have developed so much but at heart are the same.