Simar Kamal - VISA 481

MAGINES 

Magic 

Imagine 

Machine 

Welcome to VISA 481! For this class, all work will be done here on HotGlue and all communication will be done on MeWe.

Important things to note:
- Make a MeWe
Account
- Explore all the features of HotGlue
- Add all notes to HotGlue
- Engage with the content of the class if you're interested
- We don't use the word 'pages'. Instead, use 'portals'.

HotGlue Instructions:

- One click to open short menu : adding a text box, uploading a file/images, imbedding a link, imbedding a youtube video

- Double click to open larger menu : changing page title, URL, background colour/ image, adding and deleting portals

Note : Some webpages do not allow imbedding their URL
e.g. MeWe

Notion of SPACE
challenges everything we knew before
HOW DO WE DESCRIBE THESE NEW CONDITIONS?
relation between a digitial object and its physical counter- rendering
cannot separate the digital and physical - unity in duality

idea of cyberspace
- hypertext: first artistic approach to linking various spaces to each other. this is how artist explored the internet- hypertext narratives
Physical worlds contains the digital but the digital also contains the physical - not the same but have a unity

conditions were predicted

METAPHORS
a way to deepen and nuance their understanding - helps grasp complex ideas by anchoring them in familiar tangible experiences

define reality, important in shaping reality

What is it like to be online?

ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network)