# Pause

> creative work by Jody Zellen

**Wikidata**: [Q132199531](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132199531)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/pause-q132199531

## Summary
Pause is a creative work and software application by artist Jody Zellen, published in 2006 and distributed as a web page. It was implemented using Adobe Flash and is recorded in the ELMcip database with ID 6576.

## Key Facts
- Pause is a creative work and an application created by Jody Zellen.  
- The work was published in 2006.  
- Pause was implemented using Adobe Flash as its software engine.  
- The distribution format for Pause is a web page.  
- The work is recorded in the ELMcip database with elmcip_id 6576.  
- Language of the work or name is English.  
- Classified as an application (software program or group of programs designed for end-users).  
- Wikidata description: "creative work by Jody Zellen."

## FAQs
### Q: What is Pause?
A: Pause is a creative work that is also an application created by Jody Zellen, published in 2006 and made available as a web page.

### Q: Who created Pause?
A: Pause was created by artist Jody Zellen. The work is listed under Jody Zellen with elmcip_id 6576.

### Q: What technology was Pause built with?
A: Pause was implemented using Adobe Flash as its software engine.

### Q: How was Pause distributed?
A: Pause was distributed in the format of a web page.

### Q: In what language is Pause?
A: The language of the work or its name is English.

## Why It Matters
Pause matters as a documented example of a creative work that bridges art and software. As both a creative work and an application, it exemplifies how artists like Jody Zellen used web technologies to present work to end users. Its implementation in Adobe Flash and distribution as a web page locate it within the early- to mid-2000s practice of browser-based digital work, when Flash was a common engine for web applications and interactive media. The entry for Pause in the ELMcip database (elmcip_id 6576) provides a stable identifier linking it to scholarship and cataloging efforts for electronic literature and media art. For researchers, curators, and students, Pause serves as a verifiable instance of a 2006 web-distributed creative application authored by a contemporary artist, useful for studies of media, software usage in art, and the history of web-based creative practices.

## Notable For
- Being both a creative work and a software application authored by Jody Zellen.  
- Implementation using Adobe Flash as the software engine.  
- Publication and web distribution in 2006.  
- Inclusion in the ELMcip database with elmcip_id 6576.

## Body

### Overview
- Title: Pause.  
- Creator/Author: Jody Zellen.  
- Nature: Described as a creative work and classified as an application.  
- Language: English.

### Publication and distribution
- Publication date: 2006.  
- Distribution format: web page.  
- Recorded identifier: elmcip_id 6576.

### Technical details
- Software engine: Adobe Flash.  
- Classification: Application — a software program or group of programs designed for end-users.

### Classification and identifiers
- Instance of: creative work; application.  
- Wikidata description: "creative work by Jody Zellen."  
- Author property: Jody Zellen (ELMcip reference P12204:6576).  
- Elmcip database ID: 6576.

### Metadata summary
- Author: Jody Zellen.  
- Publication year: 2006.  
- Engine: Adobe Flash.  
- Format: Web page.  
- Language: English.