Reading 3: Due March 31

MEMORIES OF BEING: ORLAN'S THEATER OF THE SELF, David Moos*, Art + Text 54 (1996), pp. 67-72
www.stanford.edu—Orlan.html

Consider Orlan's performance activity as a kind of "virtual mirror." How does the alteration of her own body suggest the presence of an all-encompassing interactive mirror?

Remember to post your response on Tuesday evening for discussion on Wednesday.

Reading 2: Due Feb. 17

Anne Friedberg, "Chapter 5. The Multiple" in The Virtual Window: From Alberti to Microsoft. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005. pp. 192-238 [See marked sections]
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Also browse the author's site at: thevirtualwindow.net

First Post

Reading assignment 1 (due Jan. 25): Manovich, Lev. "Introduction: New Media from Borges to Html." The New Media Reader. Eds. Noah Wardrip-Fruin and Nick Montfort. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003.

The reading is located here