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Thomas Fonville

A Bachelor of Arts, specialized in New Media. Currently upgrading towards a Master of New Media. My interest in the field of new media lies in the subject of space, and how new media can shape these different spaces. My Bachelor thesis named; 'Augmented space and Digital Art, or a remediation of virtual reality' concentrated on the subject of space in relation to Digital Art.
Apart from new media I have a major interest in popular culture and modern art.

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“I know culture, and You certainly don’t!”

Last Saturday,  19th of December,  the venue of Paradiso was dedicated to the symposium of  “Me you and everyone we know is a curator.” This symposium addresses questions about quality in an age of visual overload. With an impressive...
By Thomas Fonville on 12/25/09 Comments Off on “I know culture, and You certainly don’t!”

“iWATCH my neighbor, because iTHINK he is up to no good.”

Last week I came across an internet posting about the new commercial for a new campaign by the Los Angeles Police Department. This commercial shows different kinds of American people all promising to do their best in order to...
By Thomas Fonville on 11/01/09 Comments Off on “iWATCH my neighbor, because iTHINK he is up to no good.”
Gender trouble in a virtual criminal world

Gender trouble in a virtual criminal world

The video game Grand Theft Auto IV (1) breathes violence. Not only does the title, which is the police term for motor vehicle theft, indicate this matter of unlawfully conduct. Also the story line and goals that need to...
By Thomas Fonville on 10/18/09 Comments Off on Gender trouble in a virtual criminal world

Commercial twitter: or how to get a lot from a little

Almost every new media form undergoes different levels of different uses. Some new media is invented with a certain goal, take for instance a heavily used tool for communication as internet. This medium was invented in order to establish...
By Thomas Fonville on 10/11/09 Comments Off on Commercial twitter: or how to get a lot from a little

Online representation: or how come I look sophisticated online.

Everyday it is the same routine, as soon as I open my Firefox browser the first thing I will type is the address of Facebook. To see what all of my friends are up to or what their status...
By Thomas Fonville on 10/01/09 Comments Off on Online representation: or how come I look sophisticated online.
Ich don’t think so, or different viewpoints on Wikipedia entries

Ich don’t think so, or different viewpoints on Wikipedia entries

Although the homepage of Wikipedia invites one to participate in the growth process of Wikipedia, this notion is being prevented by different thresholds. For instance there is the threshold of the technical; as easy as it is to click...
By Thomas Fonville on 09/20/09 Comments Off on Ich don’t think so, or different viewpoints on Wikipedia entries

Book review of The Aotearoa Digital Arts Reader

Art comes in a lot of different divisions. Mostly related to a culture, often a critique of an era. The fact that this reader focuses on culture is immediately noticeable from the title. Carrying “Aotearoa” in the title, which...
By Thomas Fonville on 09/14/09 Comments Off on Book review of The Aotearoa Digital Arts Reader