Or Ettlinger, Pablo Garcia
Observations on the Virtual
Aksioma Institute for Contemporary Art
PostScript #19
Series edited by Janez Janša
A conversation between Or Ettlinger and Pablo Garcia about the definition of virtual space on the occasion of Pablo Garcia’s exhibition at Aksioma, “Adventures in Virtuality”. Both Ettlinger and Garcia are academics, the former teaches Virtual Architecture and Media Theory in Ljubljana, the latter Contemporary Practices at the Art Institute of Chicago; they both share an interest in sci-fi, classical arts and both studied Architecture. Is “digital” a synonym for virtual? Are simulations virtual realities? Is the mental space a virtual space? These are the main questions discussed in this conversation and the answers are not so obvious. Virtual spaces are as ancient as the human need for and pleasure in creating images of the world. They can be analogic, as the work of Garcia shows. Virtual is related with reproducibility and is not about the physicality or non-physicality of the object – it is about what we see through the object.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition:
Pablo Garcia
Adventures in Virtuality
Aksioma | Project Space
Komenskega 18, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2–18 April 2014
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Aksioma Institute of Contemporary Art
We imagine that hacking is a modern phenomenon, and a nefarious one at that. But hacking is a mindset that dates back four centuries.
Originally published in OMNI, Aug.15, 2013
Contributors:
Andrea Grover, Régine Debatty, Claire Evans, Pablo Garcia, Thumb Projects
Published by:
Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University + CMU STUDIO for Creative Inquiry
Publication date: October 2011
As part of the NeoLucida Kickstarter Campaign, I crafted short historical essays about the camera lucida. We called these intermittent posts "interludes" as special messages for our backers. After the campaign finished, we posted these in the History section of the NeoLucida website.
As part of the NeoLucida Kickstarter Campaign, I crafted short historical essays about the camera lucida. We called these intermittent posts "interludes" as special messages for our backers. After the campaign finished, we posted these in the History section of the NeoLucida website.
As part of the NeoLucida Kickstarter Campaign, I crafted short historical essays about the camera lucida. We called these intermittent posts "interludes" as special messages for our backers. After the campaign finished, we posted these in the History section of the NeoLucida website.
As part of the NeoLucida Kickstarter Campaign, I crafted short historical essays about the camera lucida. We called these intermittent posts "interludes" as special messages for our backers. After the campaign finished, we posted these in the History section of the NeoLucida website.
As part of the NeoLucida Kickstarter Campaign, I crafted short historical essays about the camera lucida. We called these intermittent posts "interludes" as special messages for our backers. After the campaign finished, we posted these in the History section of the NeoLucida website.
In 2013, artists Rachel Binx and Sha Hwang launched gifpop!, an online service to convert your animated GIFs into physical animated lenticular sheets. As part of their Kickstarter campaign, they asked me to provide a little historical perspective to their lovely little project. The result is an essay about optical effects related to lenticular technologies.
