In “The Fantasy Beyond Control”, the basic idea is that
interactive systems of media are important to media and the viewer because they
are required to react. At the very end
of the reading, there is an important sentence that describes the importance of
these interactive systems: “Participating personally in the discovery of values
that affect and order their lives, allows individuals to dissolve the division
that separates them from subversive control, and replaces some of the nostalgic
longings with a sense of identity, purpose and hope.” This is important to the
viewers because when they have a sense of purpose, they can better enjoy the
media they are viewing and participating in.
In the
second reading, “Art as Performative Enactment”; the idea of intermedia is
heavily expressed. “In intermedia, the subjective side of the experience is
essential and integral to the work of art.” This sentence is critical in tying
together this reading and “The Fantasy Beyond Control”. What I mean by this is
that intermedia is crucial to providing interactive media where the viewer is not
just viewing the media, but consciously participating in it as well. The
reading verifies this point by stating that, “The viewer has no choice but to
construct meanings on his or her own out of the interactions in consciousness
between different elements; there are no given meanings.” Intermedia is the key
to increasing interactive systems of media, and it will continue to progress
the participation of the viewers.
In this photographer’s galleries, you can find very artistic
photographs that combine hundreds of photos to make one unique photograph. The
photographer uses milk, and in some cases just water, to essentially clothe the
models. In one of his galleries, he recreates popular pinup photographs from
the 1940’s and 50’s. He also uses milk to create stunning affects using their
splashes and the way it flows down the bodies of the models.
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