experienceIf faith was taken out of the equation and all an individual would have to do is submit to God’s will to be saved, why would she turn down paradise? Michael Tolkin’s 1991 film, The Rapture, asks this question, but there are no easy answers.
Touchy: Man Meets Machine for Art’s Sake
Eric Siu created “Touchy,” an art project focusing on the importance of human contact in a world that is surrounded, and often blinded, by technology.
Evolution of the “Meme Machine”
Is language an invisible medium? If so, then language might be the most dangerous medium, as Marshall McLuhan suggests when he states that “the medium is the message.”
New Media, Naturalized Media
The way we interact with our media is changing. Facebook, Amazon, and Pandora cater to our lives and tastes, making our online interactions, purchases, and music more personal. There is also a trend in the hardware world of doing the same.
Overestimated Digital Takeover
How far are we still from Negroponte’s digital butler? Allison has a look.
Time Enough: The New Immortals
Bits are like bones: they patiently wait for their ideal readers to discover them long after the flesh of the book has rotted away.
CHAT Festival: A Celebration of the Extension of Senses
Duke University CHAT Festival — Collaborations: Humanities, Art and Technology — showcased panel discussions, art displays and research projects that focused on the use of digital technologies as a means to express concepts that traditionally manifest themselves through the archaic definition of the arts.
The “Burning Man” and Virtual Reality
In an article entitled “Burning Man”, published in the February 2012 issue of GQ magazine, Jay Kirk describes the reality of a veteran upon his return home from a tour of duty in Afghanistan.
Digital Ownership: Who Owns Whom?
Buying music on iTunes is a pain. It’s not that choosing music to purchase hurts. The pain is in choosing music outside of my well-worn path that’s worthy of my dough. I enjoy finding new music. But purchasing the wrong song or album means that I’m stuck with my bad decision.