Elnor Buhard on Wed, 30 Oct 2002 15:03:45 +0100 (CET) |
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Re: <nettime> Learning from Prada (PART 1) |
hey ana - you raise an interesting point that i hadn't thought about. my feelings on the matter are that physical space is back, but it has been virtualized - in other words, we have displays that break the nature of space, effectively mapping physical space to a new, quite topologically distinct, physical-virtual space. imagine a grid of numbers that has been reshuffled. as a contact lens deforms the perception of space around a naked eyeball, the action of video (surveilance + entertainment) deforms perceptive space + allowing much greater disparities in place and time of vieiwing to occur synchronously. instead of bringing a user to virtual space, we are bringing virtual space to wherever the body happenns to be in a neverending flow of advertisement, culture, and services.... a different mobility of body in an equivalent state of psychology. in regards your original paradox, of the physical being newly important yet strangely deficiennt, it seems the resolution might be that it is still physicality which is the gem, but just its ordering that is unsatisfactory. a topological transformation (a remapping of matter's presence, effected by display technology) makes things more satisfactory (so claim the people who do it). the vibe is like: physical reality is a sea of strings - soft and pleasant to the touch, even nicer when woven into a fabric. elnor buhard new brunswick, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: Ana Viseu <ana.viseu@utoronto.ca> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 22:02:34 -0500 To: nettime-l@bbs.thing.net Subject: Re: <nettime> Learning from Prada (PART 1) [....] # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net