Lecture 5

Jason's lecture was definatley unexpected. Instead of the usual 2 hour session of rhetoric about the significance of the internet in our careers and life as theory, we were able to see it in action. I was interested to see that even art is becoming outdated in the real world. Virtualness has taken over, giving art a new lease of life and greater exposure.

Adam, in an earlier lecture, made reference to the Mona Lisa as being different in the virual world, as oppossed to viewing it in the flesh. But what about Jason's work? purposly designed to be accessed digitally, Guy Debord's theory of impersonal representation would be accounted for. But I think I would miss the wine and cheese of an art gallery opening.....