HUMAN INTERACTION IN A TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY:
A PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY
by
Walter C. Dent
A.A.S.,
Fashion Institute
of Technology
State University of New York
June 1977
B.A., University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts
February 1981
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IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEGREE
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN VISUAL STUDIES AT THE
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FEBRUARY 1985
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TABLE
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CONTENTS
Abstract
3
Absorbed
4
Observed
14
Imaged
21
The Annunciation
22
The Madonna of
24
E.E.
Massacre of the Innocents
26
The Child
28
Stripped Bare.
That Obscure Object of
Involuntary
Submersion
Desire.
30
32
The Conversation
34
Oh,
What
36
The
Lovers
Beauty!
38
References
40
Bibliography
41
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HUMAN INTERACTION IN A TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY:
A PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY
by
Walter C. Dent
Submitted to the Department of Architecture on January 18, 1985 in
partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of
Science in Visual Studies.
ABSTRACT
Through the advent of technological advancement global communication has been greatly increased. Information can be emitted and
received instantaneously through satellite transmission systems.
Saturation of the airways continuously bathes the human in video
and audio imagery. Dependence on human physical labor has been reduced by the current trend of transporting information rather than
materials. Entertainment, Education, Religion, Politics, Commerce
and Medicine, are continuously adapting and implementing new technological developments. Technology has created an attitude of increased expectation of instant fulfilment. Social behavior adapts
and revises itself with the influx of contemporary mores delivered
by the communications medium. If television is the illusion of reality, what is the reality of the illusion?
The thesis consists of two parts, (1) a written investigation
of observed influences created through communicative technologies
and (2) a photographic essay of present and possible attitudes that
result from audio/video technological complexity. The photographic
essay is not an attempt to document interaction as it "normally"
appears in society, but to spot human interaction through a "surrealistic" approach. The photographic presentation consists of nine
(9) images, (8-black and white and 1-color), each approximately
19"x23", hinged between acid-free ragboard and presented under glass.
They will be exhibited at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at
M.I.T. during the month of January thru mid-March. The thesis book
is constructed with the written material in the first
section and
the photographic essay in the second represented as reduced black
and white, photo-screened images accompained by their respective
titles and true dimensions.
Thesis Supervisor: Otto Piene
Title: Professor of Visual Design
3
ABSORBED
of
Futurist
in
painting
the
catalogue of
the
preface to
his
In
Paris
of
exhibition
first
Umberto Boccioni
1912,
st-
ates:
The
era
of
and
all
the rest
to
be
the
the
first
is
not
my
machine
was
views
Beaux-Arts,
and
that
sensibility
of
environment.
I have
to
of
amongst
propagated, most
address
in
this
1,
first
-
chosen
the
begun,
claim
we
has
been
thesis,
the
the
machine
inventions
the
gramophone, the
the
cinema,
the
Beaux-Arts tradition,
fic
and
but
central
Futurist
age,
the telephone,
automobile,
unstylistic.
The
to
use of
4
architects,
importantly,
and
to
ideals,
society was
electricity,
the
establish
figure
airplane,
within
the
It
of
the
this
established
are
implied.
inundated with
the
the
typewriter,
locomotive,
Architecture,
become functional,
reinforced
and
Futurism.
comparisons
mostly, home machinery.
was
contemporary
complex development
as my basis when
new
and
direction
disputed
machinery as
World War
the
the
Nouveau, Deutscher Werkbund
Art
intention
During
a
of
age,
designs
introduction
before
therefore
Paleontology...
constantly
architecture"
tmodern
individuals has
overhauled.I
architecture
several
is
mechanized
primitives
the
completely
In
great
unlike
scienti-
concrete constru-
ction
raised
the concrete
facade
to the
level
of
the verna-
cular.
In regards to architectural ornamentation,
of the
architect Adolf Loos, represented the contemporary
the views
ideals:
is
Freedom from ornament
the symbol
a mind which he only attributes
mind,
engineers.
further foundations
and also
of engineers as noble savages
foundations
tion is
to peasants and
In this view succeeding generations were to
follow him, thus laying
oper
of an uncorrupted
to the idea
that
to
to the
laying further
build without
to build like an engineer,
idea
thus
decora-
in a manner pr-
2
to a Machine Age.
Futurist Architectural viewpoints were represented through
Antonio Sant'
Elia's "La
Citta Nuova",
of
1914,
which held
the
position that:
The house of
cement,
painted ornament,
iron and glass, without curved or
rich only in
the inherent
beauty of
its lines and modelling,
extraordinarily brutish in
its
mechanical simplicity...
must rise from the brink of
a
tumultuous abyss;
like a door-mat at
unge
stories deep
the
street itself will no longer lie
level of the thresholds, but
the
pl-
the earth, gathering up the tra-
into
5
ffic
of the metropolis connected for necessary trans-
fers to metal cat-walks and high-speed conveyor belts.
is
That the new architecture
calculation....
boldness and
the architecture
simplicity;
ture of reinforced concrete, iron, glass,
and
cold
the architectextile fibres
stone and brick
all those replacements for wood,
that make for the attainment
of
of maximum elasticity and
lightness.3
With the publishing of F.T. Marinetti's
esto
",
in Le Figaro,
on February 20,
" Futurist Manif-
1909, the artist's total
involvement with technology was proclaimed. Marinetti experienced
a drastic alteration within his
environment. He glorified
the new technology and particularly adopted
the instrument
of
personal mobility, the automobile:
We declare that
the splendor of
the world has been
iched with a new form of beauty, the beauty of
race automobile adorned with great
pipes
enr-
speed. A
like serpents
with explosive breath... a race automobile which seems
to rush over exploding powder is more beautiful than the
4
Victory of Samothrace.
6
(I find it very interesting that this
automobile and
trademark of
love for the race-
the attraction for speed,
is
to this day a
the Italian automakers Ferrari, Maserati and
Lamborghini).
Being that
concerns itself with human
technology, I shall
teraction and
Manifestos
this thesis
in-
introduce the Futurist
that navigate social attitudes within Futurist
Ideology. I have purposely omitted such manifestos refering to
painting and
artists, and
ing
sculpture, which are directed towards
concentrate on their writings concern-
shall
social rebirth.
A compendium of these manifestos will
rrelation with present
social
influences, which will be
expounded within the section titled:
thesis
is not
but rather
its
constitute a co-
OBSERVED.
an investigation of Futurism as
influence,
whether direct or
social complexity. On this basis,
I take
Again, this
a Movement,
indirect, upon
the liberty of
selecting those manifestos and statements which address my
intentions.
1913
The Art of Noises,
We invite young musicians of talent to conduct a sustained observation of
all noises,
in order to understand the
various rhythms of which they are composed,
are
their
principal
secondary tones. By comparing the various tones of noi-
ses with those of
sounds,
they will be convinced of the extent
7
to which the former exceed the latter.
only an understanding, but
ises.
also a taste and passion for noour multiplied
After being conquered by Futurist eyes
last hear with Futurist
sensibilities will at
way the motors
and machines of
our
be transf'ormed
of
Destruction
in -
In this
every factory will
intoxicating orchestra of noises.
into an
Syntax
ears.
industrial cities will
so that
one day be consciously attuned,
-
This will afford not
-
Imagination
without
Strings
-
5
Words
Freedom. 1913
Futurism is
grounded
brought about
sensibility
in the complete renewal of
by the great discoveries
human
of science.
Those people who today make use of the telegraph, the telephone,
the
the phonograph, the train, the bicycle, the motorcycle,
automobile, the ocean
the great newspaper
the cinema,
rlds life)
liner,
do not
realize that
the dirigible,
the aeroplane,
(synthesis of a day
in the wo-
these various means of commun-
ication, transportation and information have a decisive influence on their
psyches.
life to today's swift
1. Acceleration of
lectual,
pace. Physical, intel-
and sentimental equilibration on the cord of speed
stretched between contrary magnetisms. Multiple and simultaneous awareness in a single
2. Dread of
the old
individual.
and the known.
Love of the new, the unexpe-
cted.
3. Dread of quiet
living,
love of danger, and an attitude of
8
daily
4.
heroism.
Destruction of a sense of the Beyond and an
value of
the individual whose desire
is
increased
"vivre sa vie"
in Bonnot's phrase.
5.
The multiplication and unbridling of human desires
and
ambitions.
6.
An exact
awareness of
every person.
realizable in
7.
Semi-equality of man and woman and a lessening of
disproportion in their
8.
Disdain for
by the
greater freedom and erotic
produced
ease of women and by
exaggeration of female luxury.
A modification
idealization
the
social rights.
"amore"(sentimentality or lechery)
the universal
9.
inaccessible and un-
everything
of patriotism, which now means
of the commercial,
a heroic
and artistic
industrial,
solidarity of a people.
10. A modification of
the idea of war, which has
necessary and bloody test of a people's
11.
The passion, art and
idealism of
become the
force.
Business.
New financial
sensibility.
12.
Man multiplied by the machine. New mechanical
fusion of
quered
13.
14.
instinct with the effciency of motors and con-
forces.
The passion, art,
of
the
sense, a
and idealism of Sport.
Idea and love
"record".
New tourist sensibility bred by ocean liners and great
9
hotels.
New sense of the world.
15.
The earth shrunk by speed.
16.
A loathing of curved lines,
Love for
spirals, and
the tourniquet.
the straight line and the tunnel.
visual foreshortening and visual synthesis
The habit of
caused by the
speed of trains and cars that look down on cities and
countrysides.
Dread of slowness, pettiness, analysis,
and detailed explanations. Love of speed, abbreviation,
the
and
summary. Quick, give me the whole thing in
two
words!
17.
Love of
depth and essence in every exercise of
So these are some elements of
that has
music
the new Futurist
the spirit.
sensibility
generated our pictoral dynamism, our anti-graceful
in its
free,
irregular rhythms, our noise-art and our
words-in-freedom. 6
Futurist Manifesto of Men's
WE MUST
clothes,
lines.
to
Clothing,
INVENT FUTURIST CLOTHES, hap-hap-hap-hap-happy
daring clothes with brillant
They
1913.
must be
last for a
simple,
and
colors and dynamic
above all they must be made
short time only in order to encourage indust-
rial activity and to provide constant and novel enjoyment
for our bodies.
We want Futurist
clothes to be comfortable and practical.
10
Dynamic
Aggressive
Shocking
Energetic
Violent
Flying(i.e.
giving the
idea of flying,
rising and running)
Peppy
Joyful
Illuminating(in order to
have light even in
the rain)
Phosphorescent
Lit
by electric lamps.
Pattern changes should be available by pneumatic
dispatch;
in this way anyone may change his clothes according to
needs of mood.
Available modifications will
Loving
Arrogant
Persuasive
Diplomatic
Unitonal
Multitonal
Shaded
Polychrome
Perfumed.
11
include:
the
As
a result we
even
if
shall have the necessary variety of clothes,
the people of
a given
city lack the imagination
themselves.
The happiness
of our
"Futurist Clothes", will help to
kind of good humor aimed
spread the
at
the writings of
the following
"Le Futurisme" of
1914,
we find
passage by Marinetti:
I envy the men of
in
friend
sadness. 7
Palazzeschi in his manifesto against
Within
by my great
an Italy
the Two-thousands, who will
entirely
shaken and
revivified,
live
tamed
by new electrical energies whose power, derived
from
the harnessing of the sea, will be controlled by a
kind of technology of engineers who
live
in high
tension chambers where a hundred-thousand volts flicker
of
through great bays
panels with meters,
ators to right
and
glass. They sit
switches, rheostats and
left,
life of power between walls of
iron and
steel, twenty times
and cheaper than ours.
They are
and
free at
short,
a
lighter
last from the
softness offered by wood
fabrics with their rural
12
commut-
crystal;
they have furniture of
fragility and
control
and everywhere the rich gl-
eam of polished levers. These men enjoy, in
examples of
at
ornaments....
Heat,'hum-
pass of
idity and ventilation regulated by a brief
the hand,
they feel the fullness and solidity of
their own will....8
With Italy's
applauded
involvement
by Marinetti,
in the war
in
1915,
a move
(war, the hygienic control
of life),
Umberto Boccioni and Antonio Sant'Elia were both killed.
The post-war Futurist group had
earlier
elements
little in common with the
association. This new Futurism had propagandistic
that
quickly became identified with Fascism.
"Man Multiplied
by the Motor".
Marinetti
13
OBSERVED
"The
a
known
the
exception,
an
is
unknown
deception."
1920.
Francis Picabia,
I
don
transmit,
technology.
our
ful machine
for
instant
and
time
has
War
II,
presented
been
main
the
to
aid
at
soldiers
of
smaller,
sharper,
new
if
this
bridged with a
for
outlet
the war
involvement
power-
survive.
to
The mad
on!
the
telecommunications
the
is
problem.
a
isn't
there
if
business
im-
and
a more
Develop
we
Media
As
exist.
be attained.
cost
the newsreels.
the newsreels
personal
even
race is
With
was
less
answer
an
technological
flict
Clearer,
perfection must
proved,
Create
therefore I
visual
satellite.
The
cinema generated
in
the war
14
space
between
During
of
information
The film was
effort,
gap
edited,
World
the
con-
narrated
collective viewing
group
effort,
and
of
discussion and
Information was
de-
signed and produced exclusively for the mass audience. The
radio
"live"
provided a
assured
the listener that victory was
do their part
rage citizen could
who
connection with the government,
at hand,
and the
ave-
Victory
in the war effort.
Gardens developed throughout the country and ration cards
were established. The average citizen, otherwise known as
"John Doe", received information concerning
through the
government
sources, edited
the conflict
in the name
ional
Security. The cinema reinforced the war
films
from Hollywood of prominent actors
effort through
in the war, usually
screenplays based upon the road to victory,
pilots, and
With the advent of
the Vietnam War, the reality of death,
pain, confusion, fear and total disillusionment,
to the
television viewer within the comfort
Gone were the patriotic newsreels,
by the President.
of his/her home.
you, there in vivid color was war.
In
also was the first man on the moon, transmitted
extremely confused,
and those who chose
to the masses at the
Society was
split and very afraid of the present
There were those who
in one word,
inges-
television. No discussion
directly to your personal television set upstairs.
of events.
presented
The viewing of the horror was usually
with the person next to
there
was
gone were the fireside chats
ted alone, upstairs, on your personal
contrast,
of Nat-
chose to vocalize their disgust
to await the Future. The Future,
1938 New York Worlds Fair, was
presented
summarized
"Technology". Technology would lead us out
present madness, and
chain
of the
into a world of futuristic miracles, the
15
trick was to wait.
With the end of direct U.S.
military involvement
in Viet-
nam, the
business of full speed ahead to the Future was pro-
claimed.
Development
for a U.S.
the objective at hand,
Yet,
when
superiority in technology was
for this was the way to the Future.
the Japanese automakers were outselling the American
automakers, and
their
constructed better and
electronics were
than the American market,
less
ance
in technology was greatly evident.
in home
The Japanese excelled
entertainment products while the U.S.
computer market. Military Technology and
became
the flagship of U.S.
domin-
the threat to U.S.
cost
production.
in the
excelled
Information Sciences,
Industrial, "blue-collar"
workers, who kept the country productive during the Wars, a
tremendous amount being women during WWII,
of work in the name of
"technological advancement". The
reluctantly adapted to the
that point
to the
Computers, Electronic Mail, Televideo Shopping,
Media Rooms, Home On-Line work situations,
the "electronic
society
Informational Services.
Presently, we are saturated with icons
Future. Personal
found themselves out
cottage", where human
have created
interaction is reduced to
a minimum. With the popularity of Video
film can be recorded directly from
etc...
Cassette Recorders, a
the cable television
thereby eliminating the need to attend
channel,
cinemas. Audio Compact
Discs, allow the audiophile to recreate precise sound quality
usually associated with the concert hall. These compact
16
discs
or
CD's,
are available for the home
and portable use, vis
a vis
regulation of AT+T, one
system, the automobile,
the Sony Walkman. With the de-
can only imagine telecommunicative
possibilities.
We live in a society where it
has
four television sets
three or
Television is
various
Flat
within automobile
The assimilation of pop
is perpetrated
"break dancing",
interface with
screen technology will allow the place-
ment of monitors on walls, in watches,
dashboards, etc...
culture, such as
to the
through the media
immediate commercialism, resulting in
extreme of
each home
for an average family.
developed to
presently being
inputs.
is common that
over exp-
osure and rejection as trend.
With the aid of television, the Fashion
bombard the
passive viewer
into
submission. Consider the
Punk Look, originating in England,
a Punk or Skinhead would
state his/her social attitude through their
short time that
ones hair
In the
it,
the
identification has been replaced with a
conformist uniform. In a mass
nonconformist,
produced society, one must
to display ones
dress.
the Fashion Industry has embraced
social, political
cute, harmless,
Industries can
become a nonconformist in
individuality. To dress
strangely, etc...
order
differently, wear
would elevate the person to an
oddity.
Once again,
this desire
television is
a great vehicle to promote
to escape conformity. Music
17
Television or better
known as MTV, allows the promotion of Fashion, Nonconformity
and Trend,
simultaneously. I accuse MTV and Music
repetition of
violating my imaginative space. The constant
Music
Videos of
Videos has created a direct visual flashback to the
imagery associated with the music.
original
lived of my own personal
music. With the
I have been re-
impression when listening to the
introduction of the Video Jukebox, one
ects the musical choice and the music
is
sel-
accompained with
the video.
Technology
friend and protector,
is presented as
hibited in Ronald Reagan's "Star
as ex-
Wars", defense plan, which
is to be a deterrent to the Russians. The association of this
defense against
method of
Intercontinental Ballistic Missles,
fantasy film "Star Wars",
with the
is
indicative of the U.S.
commercial attitude towards Futurism.
The
Futurist Manifesto concerning
has come
1913,
music.
city noise.
City. The
to be within the youth oriented
It
is no wonder this
of the
intoxicating orchestra of
dance"
industrial
"music" surfaced in New York
beat of the machinery combined
repetitive, monotone
with the laborious chant
the
"break
sounds are no more than the predicted
The
of
"The Art of Noices"
"foreman", is
instrumental
in
Futurist Noises.
America transmits its rapidly changing culture to the
rest of the world by way of
be a first
commerce through satellites.
time traveller abroad is
To
disheartening to the ad-
venturous, when confronted with the major fast-food chains.
18
advertising message toward
The American Media directs its
the youth culture. Hollywood gears its
films
adult absorbed within pubescent fantasies.
"telephone sex",
in
for the young
There are many
fulfil verbal sexual desires,
services that
the privacy of your home, payable by VISA or Master Card.
The dehumanization of
sexuality through technology will be
more common with the perfection of home terminals.
Technology
is but
unfortunate consequences
tures
can erupt.
looking to and implementing
ards.
world is
the
I see countries and cul-
the American method of
Technology, Business,
etc...
smaller, shrunk by the Futurist
stand-
Media, Entertainment, Defense,
Indeed,
the firearm, if misused,
like
a tool,
This Futurist attitude has not
created the Utopia
in-
visioned.
During the
that
1938-1940 New York Worlds Fair, the
exhibits
intrigued the masses were the ones that predicted the
Future.
The World of Tomorrow, Futurama, etc...
how we would
portation,
live
in the years
ahead. Architecture, Trans-
Clothing, and the work-place, highlighted what
was to be expected
in the coming future.
ope were down played at
countries
displayed
The events in Eur-
the Fair and when the East European
fell to the Nazis, down went their Pavilion. The
U.S.A. was trying
to recover from the Depression and hope
for the future did not mix well with the European War.
Instead, we chose to focus on the new "technology", here
19
our chance to escape to the Future, where life would be
was
wonderful.
Well,
here we are,
Future, where our personal
away in our
isolated
trying
once again
to escape
to
the
life should be wonderful. Hidden
"electronic cottages", communicating
with the outside world through our monitors. We will adapt
relearn to
and
interface our needs
through machinery. We
will endow the machines with "human" attributes
of
Life in the coming years can
most
extinguished, all
important
and not
the name
Intelligence.
Artifical
and/or
in
that
be humanized,
dehumanized,
in the name of technology. What
is that the machine is an extension of
life is an extension of the machine.
Man Multiplied
by the Machine.
Marinetti
20
is
life,
IMAGED
"I
do not
and
photograph nature
the camera
is
a
but
tool,
idea
I would
photograph an
object,
a dream rather
fantasy;
but my
like
rather
than an
the
than an
idea."
Man
21
brush.
Ray.
The
Annunciation,
19
"x231",
Qc
22
Walter C. Dent
1983.
The Annunciation.
Procedure:
To simulate the large video
white
a black and
screen,
35mm negative was reversal processed into
a positive transparency. The image was photogra large
aphed from television and projected onto
white foam-core board, which was
shape of
then cut
to the
the television screen.
The floating female was light by a studio
strobe unit while
time
exposure
in
the video
the area
screen was suspended
of
screen
required
4 seconds.
The
a
T.V.
by fine black thread to
blend with the black background, but
I still
have not solved the mystery of the Annunciate.
The total
scene was recorded with a 4x5 view
camera.
23
The Madonna of E.E.(Electrical Engineering),
O
Walter C. Dent
1984.
24
23
"x194",
The Madonna of E.E.
Procedure:
To
create the video
child in
image,
I photographed the
the studio to obtain a black and white
print, using
a still camera. The print
inch tape,
videotaped on
freeze framing
a section
in order to avoid
of a
this manner the tape would run
2 hours
was then
"motion" tape.
In
continuously for
if necessary.
The Madonna's clothing was designed by myself
and
the location was found at Wellesley
The
lighting was
strobe light to
combined with the natural
The
image was
College.
simulate the sun
illuminance of the T.V.
recorded with a Hasselblad and a
80mm lens.
25
Massacre of the Innocents,
1 9 "x23
26
",
S
Walter C.
Dent
1984.
Massacre of the Innocents.
Procedure:
image,
To obtain the video
television
ercial
I photographed comm-
with a 35mm
camera,
still
and
reversal processed the black and white negative.
The
black and white transparency was
through the back of the empty T,V.
frost
matted
The
the
projected
shell onto
a
screen.
acetate
lighting was strobe light
combined with
quartz light from the projector.
was recorded with a 4x5 view camera.
27
The image
The Child Stripped Bare,
191"x191",
28
Q
Walter
C. Dent
1983.
The Child
Stripped Bare,
Procedure:
The
individual masks that the children wear were
constructed by,
the
photographing the female
studio, printing the
face
in
image and drymounting
them onto foam-core board with a wooden stick as
a handle at
the bottom. The location was
ley Square environment
I.M. Pei.
The
a
glass
at
the Cop-
the threshold of the
structure.
image was recorded with a Hasselblad and
50mm lens. The lighting was natural, low, and
very near to dusk.
29
That
Obscure
Object
of
Desire,
1984.
30
23
"x194",
®
Walter
C.
Dent
That Obscure Object
of Desire.
Procedure:
The reading material was constructed by
Letterpress type to colored paper
applying
and fitted as
covers. The titles and authors are fictitious,
and any resemblance to an
actual book is purely
coincidental. The lighting was
strobe light and
the
image was recorded with a 4x5 view camera,
The
original
image is
31
in
color.
I
I
Involuntary Submersion,
18"x18",
32
0
Walter C. Dent
1984.
Involuntary
Submersion.
Procedure:
The location was selected
Financial
District.
To
in downtown Boston's
create
the child's hand emerging
image and
from the
into the border, a large white frame was
structed and supported by two large light
ands at
the location. The
frame had
the same angle as the camera to
erging verticals
const-
to be at
prevent conv-
of the borders.
The
recorded with a Hasselblad and a 50mm
The lighting was syncro-sun using
image was
lens.
a small
robe unit approximately 175 watt-seconds.
33
of
the illusion
st-
f
-
The Conversation, 23
"x19 ",
A
Q
34
Walter
C. Dent
1984.
The Conversation.
Procedure:
This
large
image was
studio
recorded in the studio with a
strobe unit
The headpiece was
and
a 4x5 view camera,
suspended with a little faith.
35
Oh, What
Beauty!
19 "x191",
O
36
Walter C. Dent 1984.
Oh, What Beauty!
Procedure:
The Digital Ivis System was
location from The Center
transported to the
for Advanced Visual
Studies, with the aid of my fellow students,
Jonathan Goldman and Uriel Levi. The
System was utilized
Disc
image
Sony Laser
to provide the visual
which was from a videodisc.
The whole system was powered by a Honda generator
that
supplied ample current.
was natural which caused the
out
grass
The lighting
to be burned
due to the exposure compensation for the
monitor. The
image was
and a 50mm lens.
37
recorded with a Hasselblad
It has been a
while
since you loggedon.
I 6iss sensing you, receiving youir touch.
you been? I tried to transmit hut
The Lovers,
194"x191",
Walter C. Dent
38
your
1984.
t. -mini
h
lher
a
The Lovers.
Procedure:
The
lighting for this image was solely from the
computer monitor, which was
available at
the
Architecture Machine Group, at M.I.T. The Message
was written, filed,
myself.
and recalled for display by
Selective focus was
chosen for greater
impact.
This image has more meaning when the viewer
has
a basic understanding of
such as the "bus"
The
computer terminology,
referral and the closing "End".
image was recorded
150mm lens.
39
with a Hasselblad and
a
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