(IN)VISIBLE
(IN)VISIBLE: Learning to Act in the Metaverse Stefan Sonvilla-Weiss,
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3211785388
DDC: 745
Edition: Paperback; 2008-10-21
Summary:
Now that humans seem to have arrived at the end of their campaigns of
discovery, conquest and exploitation, the virtual, infinite, digital
spaces are being conquered. It was only a matter of time before the
technical possibilities permitted people to construct parallel worlds
in the digital universe. A 'Second Life' as virtual existence
(Avatar) in the virtual spaces of data exerts a seductive pull on
ever more people. By taking possession of the internet as a creative
medium, an entirely new, globally networked culture of participation
has come into being. Multiple person-computer interfaces far exceed
in their complexity and lack of overview the discussion currently
taking place about possible social, aesthetic, legal and political
effects on individuals and communities. In(visible) engages with the
cognitive, social, technological and aesthetic dimensions of a
dataculture which, in the highly charged dichotomies of
private/public, visibility/invisibility, individual/community,
autonomy/control, attempts to mark out new routes to communicate the
practices and strategies of artistic and scientific engagement.
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