The past several decades (following the proliferation of electronic media in the general public) has forced us to reconsider the meaning of many, many things. Music and presence are the ones that jump out most to me. I was excited to see the section on John Cage, he was my inspiration for my video last semester of a blank screen, and how his involvement of the viewer in 4'33''forced people to be conscious of the sounds that surround them everyday.
The thoughts on presence, though, are the ones that grab my attention most. Countless examples of viewers-turned-performers on the www stage force us to reconsider what it means to "be somewhere". Paul Sermon's "Telematic Vision" demonstrates this so well. I'm not a psychologist, so I wonder what it says about our notions of personal space when I person moves away from another on screen because they feel invaded. I wish so much that I was able to see this piece in action, what an interesting case study it would be. I think as electronic media continue to spread we may find our global village becoming smaller and more intimate in ways we never thought possible.
This is an article about some glasses in development that make the wearer invisible to facial recognition programs.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/01/18/isao_echizen_and_seiichi_gohshi_s_privacy_visor_shields_you_from_facial.html
Good post, Tiffany. :) Can you include a few images??
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