<s>
NATO.0	B-Application
+55+3d	I-Application
was	O
an	O
application	B-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
realtime	O
video	O
and	O
graphics	O
,	O
released	O
by	O
0f0003	O
Maschinenkunst	O
and	O
the	O
Netochka	O
Nezvanova	O
collective	O
in	O
1999	O
for	O
the	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Running	O
in	O
the	O
framework	O
of	O
Max	B-Application
(	O
a	O
visual	O
programming	O
interface	O
for	O
rapid	O
prototyping	O
and	O
developing	O
of	O
audio	O
software	O
)	O
,	O
NATO.0	B-Application
+55+3d	I-Application
extended	O
Max	B-Application
by	O
allowing	O
to	O
access	O
and	O
manipulate	O
all	O
the	O
media	O
types	O
that	O
QuickTime	B-Application
supports	O
(	O
films	O
,	O
images	O
,	O
3D	O
models	O
,	O
QuickTime	B-Application
VR	I-Application
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
(	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
1999	O
)	O
,	O
NATO.0	B-Application
+55+3d	I-Application
was	O
in	O
demand	O
as	O
it	O
appeared	O
several	O
years	O
before	O
other	O
similar	O
infrastructures	O
such	O
as	O
GEM	B-Language
and	O
Jitter	O
(	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
makers	O
of	O
Max/MSP	B-Application
in	O
October	O
2002	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Earlier	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
Image/ine	O
developed	O
in	O
1997	O
at	O
STEIM	O
was	O
drawing	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
direction	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
NATO.0	B-Application
+55+3d	I-Application
was	O
operating	O
inside	O
the	O
Max/MSP	B-Application
framework	O
,	O
using	O
its	O
"	O
visual	O
programming	O
"	O
protocol	O
,	O
provided	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
greater	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
and	O
more	O
flexibility	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
create	O
his	O
own	O
applications	O
and	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
NATO.0	B-Application
+55+3d	I-Application
modular	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2000	O
,	O
while	O
additional	O
NATO	O
objects	O
were	O
developed	O
until	O
June	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
prominent	O
users	O
of	O
NATO.0	B-Application
+55	I-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
group	O
held	O
a	O
max/nato/pd	O
workshop	O
at	O
Avanto	O
festival	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
commercial	O
VJing	O
software	O
VDMX	O
(	O
released	O
in	O
2001	O
)	O
was	O
originally	O
based	O
on	O
NATO.0	B-Application
+55	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Made	O
extensive	O
use	O
of	O
NATO.0	B-Application
+55	I-Application
in	O
their	O
video	O
installations	O
and	O
live	O
shows	O
,	O
at	O
locations	O
including	O
ISEA	O
,	O
sónar	O
and	O
ICC	O
Tokyo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
N3krozoft	O
Ltd	O
This	O
multimedia	O
art	O
collective	O
was	O
using	O
NATO.0	B-Application
+55	I-Application
in	O
live	O
performances	O
and	O
video	O
installations	O
up	O
to	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Created	O
shprootC3ll	O
,	O
a	O
freeware	B-License
videomixer	O
built	O
with	O
NATO	O
,	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rene	O
Beekman	O
used	O
NATO.0	B-Application
+55	I-Application
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
collaborative	O
performance	O
projects	O
,	O
including	O
Route	O
(	O
premiered	O
December	O
2000	O
at	O
the	O
opening	O
night	O
of	O
the	O
Amsterdam	O
World	O
Wide	O
Video	O
Festival	O
)	O
with	O
Bruce	O
Gremo	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
Xavier	O
van	O
Wersch	O
at	O
Dot	O
Nu	O
(	O
September	O
2001	O
,	O
Amsterdam	O
and	O
Rotterdam	O
,	O
The	O
Netherlands	O
)	O
and	O
at	O
the	O
International	O
Media	O
Art	O
Festival	O
,	O
Kiev	O
,	O
Ukraine	O
(	O
2002	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Significant	O
workshops	O
centered	O
on	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
NATO.0	B-Application
+55+3d	I-Application
were	O
held	O
from	O
2000	O
through	O
2002	O
at	O
many	O
art	O
institutions	O
and	O
festivals	O
:	O
</s>
