Distance No Object

Sassen (1999) quoted in the Bell article explains: ‘powerful corporate actors and high-performance networks are strenghtening the role of private electronic space and altering the structure of public electrnic space.’ I wonder in how far the boundaries between private and public spaces are distinguishable? Even the open tabs on my computer screen are a mash-up, [...]

The material supporting the immaterial http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2219188/Inside-Google-pictures-gives-look-8-vast-data-centres.html a few weeks ago during a surf, I noticed one of these images of a google server. Astonishing…the Hypereal estate according to Luke, as mentioned in Bell’s article  

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Today I had a walk to the library. On the way down I noticed this graffiti on the wall of the art college and I took a photo. Here it is… The author of this anonymous piece of artwork is not connected to me. Our paths crossed by chance, in an asynchronous mode…  By taking [...]

There is some discussion about the visuality of the internet, the liquidity of images etc. Literature points to the development of web 2.0. Whilst the dynamics of the associated imagery is fast and ever changing, I would suggest that technological advances for adding sound is a fundamental shift, contributing to the depth of cyberspace. The [...]

                Martin Hand suggests ‘flattened  forms’ of cultural production, blurring the differences between cultural production and consumption. He gives the example of You Tube, Wikipedia,Facebook which usher the flattened form of cultural production, the blurring. I would like to argue that depending on the mode of visualisation, a [...]

what is digitising actually do??? Martin Hand argues that ‘digitization enables and intensifies processes of circulation, flattening, de -territorialization, and de-differentiation, and for new kinds of objects, subjects and practices to become emergent and convergent in a transition from analogue to digital cultures.’ Whilst I do agree with this statement, photography already supported this. Taking photos [...]

I decided to make a one-off payment on a store card I have but hardly use. The hassle of setting up direct debits or going in person to the bank or post office  has been taken out of the daily grind of dealing with this. However, it assumed I am digitally networked and have the [...]

testing an article….. I am trying to get my head around all these WP features. I discovered I had an older version of IE and some features did not even appear. I had a similar experience with Pebblepad. At the time it was crucial I would write an essay, but spent most of my time [...]

This book published in 1984 (available from Amazon) was one of the first computer art books I bought and offered a fascinating insight in digital visual culture, seen as quite separate from ‘traditional’ cultural expressions. The blending of the ‘material’ and ‘immaterial’ had not quite taken shape and the idea of cyberspace was a space [...]

The icebreaker is a great way of getting in the mood and swing of things. What digital culture means is a kaleidscope of imagery… My mind always wanders… I started off with the ‘Dog image’, then there was Pixar, Mandelbrot, Blade Runner, Human League’s ‘Being Boiled’ and I had to stop myself. 1984 was a [...]

“Welcome to E-learning and Digital Cultures 2013. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!” Well, this is certainly a new skill to develop, getting into WordPress, very useful indeed as by happy coincidence the day job (finally) brings an opportunity at the same time to develop a research blog for [...]