EV Graduate Seminar - AD508 F08

It seems that history has decided that until we can touch the media is is not interactive, but in days past - the media used to touch us. Interactivity used to solely occur between the media and our reaction and thoughts of works presented to us in any format.  As technology progressed we were able [...]

Interesting text that arises some relevant questions about the relationships between the interactivity as technology and its social and political implications / relations. I think nowadays, it is remarkable that all the ideas of the 60s and 70s originated by Cage and Fluxus can be pushed several steps forward as there are “no” technological limitations [...]

Ideology:
1. the body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group.
Dogma:
1. a system of principles or tenets, as of a church.
2. a specific tenet or doctrine authoritatively laid down, as by a church: the dogma of the Assumption.
3. prescribed doctrine: political dogma.
4. a settled or established opinion, belief, or principle.
“The influence of the media [...]

Maybe a good starting point to approach the text is the work “Synthetic Performances” by Eva and Franco Mattes aka 0100101110101101.ORG (http://0100101110101101.org/home/performances/index.html). Here are some extracts from an interview about this work (complete interview):
Are you sympathetic to the people who become absorbed in fantasy games like “Second Life” or who are driven to live vicariously [...]

When I made my career choice to go into digital media studies at the ripe old age of 19 the media landscape looked quite different. A new invention called 800k floppy disks was going to revolutionize data storage. Color monitors with dedicated graphics cards were all the rage amongst professionals, with affordable color monitors just [...]

1. “The origins of intermedia art as inspired by John Cage and moulded by Fluxus and Happening lie in the decision to replace an autonomous, finished work with an invitation to the audience to essentially self-determine its experiences with of the artwork.”
Replacing a [define:autonomous # separate, independent.Functioning independently of other components or systems; self-governing or [...]

I am more than excited to once again find the intersection of the interactive and theatrical. Anecdote, this is the perspective from which I come – BA in English (concentration drama) and fundamental interest in HCI. Carnegie Melon’s Entertainment Technology Center was also started with a Drama professor et al – it’s how I really [...]