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Art & Design

Interface Space - Design Observer

Design Observer has produced a succinct article on how artists are exploring the relationships between the flat interfaces of the ubiquitous PC and real life/space. It's interesting to ponder how our daily immersion into this windowed environment affects our interaction with the world around us. I sometimes wish their was an 'escape key' or at least a 'command-z'.

You probably spend hours a day staring at this screen — working, playing, talking to friends, shopping. With so many creative people spending so much time on their computers it is no surprise that the computer interface itself has become source material for contemporary art. Daily immersion in a two-dimensional space has raised an intriguing question that many contemporary artists can’t resist: what is the physicality of the screen? The ubiquitous interface experience has created a symbiosis between the metaphorical space of the computer and the physical world.

Full Article. Via Core77

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