Early Cinema as New Media
In this talk I will discuss early cinema as new media in the context of my recent book, Body Shots: Cinema's Incarnations, 1893-1904 (University of [...]
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Apr 2008
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Apr 2008
Rezzing Books: Codex Technology in the Metaverse
Since its official launch in 2003, Second Life, the popular 3D interactive world created by Linden Lab, has become an unlikely destination for librarians, bibliophiles, [...]
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Oct 2007
Simulating Liveness: From Virtual Vaudeville to Second Life
Manuscripts, paintings, sculptures, buildings and recordings can be preserved and archived for future generations. Live theatre, however, is ephemeral. This simple fact creates a tremendous [...]
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Feb 2007
Traveling Digital Magicke Show
Uncontrollable Semantics, Hypnotizing Mascots, Between Treacherous Objects, This is How You Will Die, curious titles for odd digital magic works/poetics. Jason Nelson, Net Artist and [...]
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Nov 2006
Playing with Worlds: Narrative, Fiction, and the Cultural Reception of Videogames
When even the most perceptive scholars based in traditional, typographic forms of literacy turn their attention to videogames, the results can be disconcerting. Two of [...]