A speculative piece that comes from the point of view of art to close out the semester: Dietz, Steve. “Ten Dreams of Technology.” Leonardo 35.5 (2002): 509–522. MIT Press Journals. W...Read More
Actor Network Theory (ANT) has been mentioned in passing a few times this semester so let’s get our hands dirty here. This is Bruno Latour outlining via a very influential new media/internet stu...Read More
The readings are from Lev Manovich, one of the most influential writers and makers in this area (he has recently been instrumental in establishing the new field of 'software studies'), and Bill Seaman...Read More
It is great work that combines critical theory, technology studies, technological understanding (Galloway knows how to do things with code and computers, as opposed to knowing how to do things on comp...Read More
This is science about the 'network' in general, and the 'laws' or rules described I believe apply all the way from an individual hypertextual work (including the video works you are likely to make nex...Read More
This was because a) we want to try to do some things differently so needed some context as to why, b) the easiest and most effective way to provide you with the experience of disruption is to disrup...Read More
This next lot of readings continues this, making some of the hypertextual things around narrative (shape or structure, and reading) more visible - I've skipped the material about what it is to write i...Read More
One of the very interesting (and unusual) things about hypertext is that there has always been a very strong interdisciplinary cross over between the computer scientists who write the hypertext soft...Read More
It was not shown on BBC television until 1985, as it was thought too horrifying for broadcast, even though all it does is play out the possible consequences of a nuclear strike upon Britain. ... ...Read More
The Vannevar Bush essay influenced many original technologists, including Ted Nelson and the inestimable Douglas Englebart, and helped establish the vision of computers as machines to help and augment...Read More