BACKGROUND STORY: SPIV/Infect
by s7ing/Alcatraz

In our first issue we are proud to present you some great artworks by Spiv, the founder of the legandary Amiga group Infect.


He already started with first graphics steps on the Commodore C64 1989 after he changed to the Amiga and finally found his way into the Demo Scene.

Spiv was reponsible for many great graphics for the Amiga group Infect and is, as he himself says, an true perfectionist when it comes to computer graphics.

The group Infect started in early 1992 and was formed from two crews called Deffpaccers and Paranoid. Spiv started his scene career already in 1990 in the crew Paranoid and was involved in such productions like Shooter Game, Full Power or Music
for the Masses.

For the cooperation Deffpaccers & Paranoid he made graphics for productions like Happy Burstro or Helter Skelter. 
But for many Amiga sceners he was known as Spiv of Infect and in this group he until today celebrated his greatest success. Most of Spiv drawn pictures and logos were used in Infect productions. His artwork always worked out to its best.

Following a list of Infect Productions in which Spiv was
involved:

1992 	Monkey Island 2 Crack Intro
1992 	Helter Skelter 2
1992 	Mad Man's Return
1992 	Trainer Menu
1992 	Wet Dreams Pack
1992 	Exotic Ripper 1.99 Intro
  	 
1993 	Utility Dreams 30-62
1993 	Prison BBS Intro
1993 	ExoticRipper 2.10 Intro
1993 	Pingi the Penguin
1993 	Earwig
1993 	PartyBox - INFECT / TRSI
1993 	Waterlow
1993 	Ordeal 40K Intro
1993 	Terror Pack Mag
1993 	Promotion Demo - "joint ihr Schweine"
1993 	Harmadegon by Infect Sweden
  	
1994 	A Race Against Time
1994 	Associate of Arts by Infect + Associate of Arts
1994 	Do you believe ?
1994 	40K Trackmo by Black Raven
1994 	Ooops by Black Raven
1994 	Black Raven Intro by Black Raven
  	 
1995 	"Multimedia" product for Terror Promotion
1995 	DATAWORLD
  	 
1996 	Best of The Marvellous (!) Lunatics Ball by Rokdazone!
1996 	4 years Anniversary slide show by Spiv
1996 	Wild Summer
1996 	DATAWORLD 2
  	 
2005 	Endmonster

Beside his computer scene carrer he studied Media Art at the Academy of Visual in Leipzig/Germany and is nowadys a self-employed graphican - Web and Screendesigner for diferent agencies.


His company SPIV : DIGITAL MEDIA DESIGN, is a competent partner for computer graphics, screendesign and internet programming.
In the years 1994 to 1996 beside his work for the computer scene he worked out flyers for different Techno and House events and clubs. In 2000 he finished his study succesfully and at this stage it helped him a lot that the new medium Internet finds it way and went popular in a very short time.

After his created website in 1996 he also started to work comercially creating websites for customers and learned how to use other technbologies beside HTML like Pearl, PHP or Javascript.
As stated above since 2000 Spiv works self-employed as Dipl. Designer and Programmer for different agencies national and interantional. For sure the skills he learned in the computer scene went positive into his social work life.

Nowadays Spiv has always an eye on the computer scene watching what happens there. But not with that enthusiasm as in the middle of the 90`s. He keeps the spirit of the scene days and is proud to look back and remembering the "old" scene years. 
The Group Infect has had a great revival Meeting in 2005, there Spiv released maybe his last scene production called "Endmonster". This year was the final completion for Spiv and Infect. The time has come for family and private life.

The team of Mudia Art wishes you Stephan alias Spiv all the best for the future and thank you for entertaining us with your graphics and funny ideas which you realized with Infect.

There is surely no Medicine against !

