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Cultural Software
Medium:
8.
a. A specific kind of artistic technique or means of
expression as determined by the materials used or the
creative methods involved: the medium of lithography.
b. The materials used in a specific artistic technique: oils
as a medium.
American Heritage Dictionary, 4th edition (Houghton
Mifflin, 2000).
Computer as a Metamedium
Conclusion
Hybrids Everywhere
Introduction
Visual Hybridity
Examples
Deep Remixability
Introduction
Uneven Development
Animation as an Idea
catches up. What does this idea imply for the future
of images and in particular 2D / 3D hybrids as
developed by Gaeta and others? As Gaeta pointed
out in 2003, while his method can be used to make
all kinds of images, so far it was used in the service
of realism as it is defined in cinema – i.e., anything
the viewer will see has to obey the laws of physics.148
So in the case of The Matrix, its images still have
traditional “realistic” appearance while internally they
are structured in a completely new way. In short, we
see the old “superstructure” which stills sits on top of
“old” infrastructure. What kinds of images would we
see then the superstructure” would finally catch up
with the infrastructure?
PART 3: Webware
Introduction
Communication in a “Cloud”
Media Conversations