A few weeks ago I completed and submitted my Masters thesis, ending my yearlong study at the University of Amsterdam’s New Media MA program. Our cohort will officially graduate this Tuesday, 20 Sept, 2011.
Here it is, if anybody’s interested…
Ashiq Khondker – Virtualized Subjectivity in Contemporary Art Practice (PDF)
Abstract:
This paper will attempt to address issues of
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Layla van Daalen, Chris Hoogeveen, Hanneke Mertens
Every aspect of the world has an extra layer of information. It may not always be obvious, but these extra layers are most certainly present. Marc Tuters and Kazys Varnelis describe these extra layers as a form of augmented space. This is an extra layer of information, of data visualization on top of…
In Money for Nothing, Steven Shaviro claimed that the virtual life is getting more and more intertwined with the real life, focusing a lot on its economic aspect (Shaviro, 2007). He discusses the book “Play Money” by Julian Dibbell, who describes the online world of Ultima Online and explains that there is a lot of trading going on between…
Even though Levy’s writing style is not my favorite (and that is probably because I am getting used to the Dutch style, very to-the-point), I still can handle it (probably because, in the end, I’m Italian and his mother tongue is French). In his book Becoming Virtual: Reality in the Digital Age, Levy writes…
When people look at my profile on Hyves and LinkedIn they will find only one thing in common: my picture. There is a clear cut line between these two worlds, they are actually existing on two different physical locations on the internet. Are the social platforms a too 2-dimensional representation of my schizo-life?
If I were to conduct a research in this matter I would ask two questions:
1. Who am I presenting anyway?
2. Even if I want to give a complete profile fitting my life, can I?