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...powerful ally.“The fact that we live in a connected world is the only wild card we have,” he said. “It’s not impossible to manage a situation where we are able to muster enough people though the web to make a difference.”In McKibben’s view, an international agreement to cap carbon emissions is the only viable way to mitigate the effects of climate change. The problem “is too hard to take on sector by sector politically...
Yuhki B. Yamashita '11, director of web strategy...
...video games and interactive art exhibits like “Lossless.” In fact, “Lossless” utilizes several new media elements. Besides its methods of image distortion, the project’s online element includes a Wiki—or user-modifiable Web page—that holds pictures and information about the exhibit and related projects...
While interest in new media has begun to creep into the lives of Harvard students through independent study or via student publications, some faculty members at the college are less enthusiastic about digital art and see limited potential for it in academic study. “Web art, by definition, is ephemeral,” says VES professor John R. Stilgoe. “It is hard to save, even when you try to save it. I fear it’s like a Rothko painting. His paint deteriorated, and I fear that a lot of web art will deteriorate...
Besides his concern for the impermanence of new media, Stilgoe cites “the sadness of web art,” which is the result of the computer screen’s limitations. “You have to shift from one subject to another in the same format,” he says. But this concern continues to be addressed by those who work with new media. “Lossless” utilizes more than one format, allowing for an immersive viewing experience in the gallery and, through the Wiki, a more informational element that...