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Graphical Primitives versus Direct Visualization

A rectangle walks in a bar and orders a drink. An attractive circle sits on a bar stool next to the rectangle. ‘Hey Circle, want to get primitive?’ The Circle looks the rectangle slowly up and down and says:...
By Marije Rooze on 04/22/11 Comments Off on Graphical Primitives versus Direct Visualization

Is micro blogging the future for writers?

Micro blogging gained a lot of success over the past few years. With the arrival of web 2.0 there was a need for a new form of writing. Long articles and ongoing features were not what people wanted anymore....
By Chris Hoogeveen on 10/06/10 3

BEACON and the use of datasets in media art

When I attended at the ‘Accelerated Living’ conference as a part of the Impakt Festival (Utrecht), it once more appeared there’s plenty of academic prospect on the subjects of time and space. As the works often build on theory...
By Sjoerd Tuinema on 11/01/09 Comments Off on BEACON and the use of datasets in media art

Bringing media back to space

Every day our lives seem to require more and more ‘new media’ to keep up the pace. GPS on cellphones, possibility of instant communication either online or via phone, a wii to make sure we do some sports, and...
By Ramses Petronia on 10/22/09 3
Google Takes Command: Shaping the Web

Google Takes Command: Shaping the Web

Even though the web doesn’t have a central point, sometimes Google, or search engines in general, seem to form the center of this universe. Bringing together all these different websites into one database, ready to be searched. Google’s software,...
By Harro Heijboer on 10/14/09 Comments Off on Google Takes Command: Shaping the Web

Software Takes Command

6 days ago Lev Manovich released his softbook Software Takes Command. He described his book as a software, as it will have its patches in the same way as a new installments requires its bug (big?) -fixes: One of...
By Rosa Menkman on 11/27/08 4
…Imagine This is a Review. Thoughts on: ‘Style First’ by Mieke Gerritzen

…Imagine This is a Review. Thoughts on: ‘Style First’ by Mieke Gerritzen

In her paperback Style First, graphic artist Mieke Gerritzen directly addresses and confuses the reader by stating that ‘...this book provides no final definition of what style is about.' Containing articles written by media theorists as well as...
By Heleen Kerkman on 09/14/08 Comments Off on …Imagine This is a Review. Thoughts on: ‘Style First’ by Mieke Gerritzen