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but Wii?

February 25, 2007 by

Wondering Wii? After I wrote Blurred, I kept thinking about Wii, as the device changes our perspective on the virtual, which is no longer synonymous of immobility. The relationship with the virtual engages us physically: an action calls for a feedback from the machine, which calls for another—sometimes violent—movement. It is our chance to actually [...]

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replicant

February 14, 2007 by

I asked: “Blade Runner?” [Ridley Scott, Blade Runner, 1982 (the Director’s cut!)] _ “Sci-fi” section! _ “Sci-fi? Really?”… [I think: “Weird!”] Because I feel awkward to borrow the movie [it is a must have after all… but I am a nomad so I don’t like carrying things] I say: _ “I have seen it five [...]

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blurred

February 10, 2007 by

New technologies have blurred the boundaries-protections of POP’s, People, Objects and Places. When in second life, avatars, still post-human behind their disguise… as computers have become people’s prosthetics, do mix the real to the virtual: avatars, even if half animal are made of known referents (they are not fantastic extra-terrestrial creatures; centaurs are still half [...]

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Ergonomics

February 4, 2007 by

Its fibers cracked, expanded, lost their elasticity. That jeans became MY jeans, because with time… My body broke it in. I own it. And giving it in is like being skinned… as flesh and fabric has assembled. It is both the time and usage with consequently the fact that I recognize it (eyes and touch, [...]

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Guilt

January 25, 2007 by

Hommage à l’Abbé Pierre… Sometimes the guilt is too big… When such a great man leaves us, how can we not assess the world we build and the fights we choose? There are certainly more important things in life than owning the latest gadget! But here, to some, the battle seems unequal… To who is [...]

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