Book Release! Rupture of the Virtual is an examination of a concept of the material and the invaluable resources it offers for critical thinking today. In a multifaceted analysis, the book considers the theoretical reasons for the material’s exclusion from media theory and details the military origins of computing interface technologies, such as the Head-up
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Whither the Material in New Media Studies?
Read article in communication+1: special issue on new materialisms Title: Whither the Material in New Media Studies? Abstract: This article addresses how new media theory has been founded on an endemic exclusion and erasure of a concept of the material, because of the ascendancy of a concept of the virtual in theoretical and historical research
The Origin of the See-Through Graphical Interface
Read article in Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies Title: The Origin of the See-Through Graphical Interface: World War II aircraft gunsights and the status of the material in early computer interface design Abstract: This article defines a new category of media technologies, the See-Through Graphical Interface, which are interface devices that
Rupture of the Virtual (book manuscript)
A book project on cultural practices that open encounters with the material as interventions into the virtual condition. It addresses subjects ranging from alternative histories of the computer interface to site-specific media artwork. (Chapters forthcoming.)
“The Origin of the See-Through Graphical Interface: World War II aircraft gunsights and the status of the material in early computer interface design” (Under review) Abstract This article defines a new category of media technologies, the See-Through Graphical Interface, which are interface devices that superimpose computer-generated graphical information into a user’s field of view. This