Word: pixel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...machine's ability to cast us adrift in ungrounded cyberspace, where all the spatial and temporal laws governing the representation of human reality will be revised, maybe repealed. It will extend to the other arts. It will reorder our perceptions more surely than Matisse and Stravinsky did, for a pixel--unlike paint, canvas or score paper--has no past to overturn, is radically innocent. It has no tradition to draw on, perhaps is not subject to "the anxiety of influence...
...those who look at this week's cover and sympathize with the plight of the unphotogenic, for those who could use a bit of pixel-magic themselves, or for those who wish to design their own coming-of-age (think: Clarisa The Teenage Witch), I present my own version of FM's weekly feature. "How to: acheive photographic perfection with Adobe Photoshop...
...Color printing is done with three colors: cyan (a greenish blue), magenta (a purplish red) and yellow. Close took his photo, had color separations made, and then proceeded to render each square of the canvas with each of the colors, successively, exquisitely controlling the amount of each hue per pixel. There was a yellow face, then a blue overlay, and then with the magenta one--presto, full exact color. No room for deviation or correction. Paint-by-numbers raised to the nth degree. It goes so far out in the direction of illusion that it hits abstraction coming back...
...mere $12,000 buys the system: a heat-sensitive chair that contours to the body and simulates zero gravity; a million-pixel, head-mounted display that feeds the eyes, headphones that fill the ears, and a quarter-inch hose that fits under the nose...
...forgive the graceless and oppressive flourescent lighting and the inexplicable psychedelic pixel boards--which flash subliminal and blatant fascist over-tones, convincing us of what a good time we're having--the renovated Memorial Hall basement is first-rate. The well-designed pine-stained study nooks ensure students a high degree of privacy, while the open areas--the Jetsonesque Coffee House and restaurants--are great places to mix and mingle with fellow students, hold informal meetings and grab a quick bite to eat. Loker Commons seems to be the type of ideal place that might serve as a social center...