Art is to a large
extent about creating alternative reality and so it is not surprising that
many artists have embraced digital media to create and explore "virtual
reality". But to what extend do computer and
programming constraint artistic imaginations and practices and what new
possibilities do computers offer the artists that were not available before?
At the same time, digital technologies are transforming the other medium
that has long been associated with providing viewers an escape from reality,
the cinema. We will explore the interplay of art, cinema, and
the virtual, and exam the impact of "digitality" and "virtuality" on
the art of storytelling.
Readings:
"What is Digital Cinema" by Lev Manovich
Links
Future Cinema: The Cinematic Imagination After Film