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Project: The Second Life Archetype: The Search For Second Life Urban Legends, Ben Kearns, Mike Yohannes, Wayne Madsen, Teck Liew, Brian Huntley, Vivian Mak, Jacky Chau, Kin Tse, Mikey Araya, David Cheung, Lisa _

SWITCH

Described in this article is the Second Life Archetype project, in which artists used Second Life as a platform to explore identity through the lens of archetypes: the comic book guy, the shaman, and the gamer. Each group used strategies to locate, map, and analyze how these archetypes manifest in Second Life.

The Bridge, Volume 4, 2007, Bridgewater State College

the bridge

Volume 4 Staff

Laura Viola Maccarone, Editor-in-Chief
Shaylin Walsh, Editor-in-Chief
Cheryl Tullis, Webmaster
Maria Alonso
Michael Carter
Emily Goodwin
Ben Hogan
Michele Lyons
Shawna Macaulay
Corey Ritch
Charlie Robinson
Eric Smith
Emily Anne White
Derrick Zellmann

Mary Dondero, Faculty Advisor
Jerald Walker, Faculty Advisor
Linda Hall, Alumni Consultant
Rosann Kozlowski, Alumni Consultant

Front Matter: Function // Border // Dysfunction, Carlos Castellanos

SWITCH

After a brief hiatus, Switch returns with Issue 23: Function / Border / Dysfunction, a theme that reflects CADRE Laboratory’s explorations into the evolving landscape of new media. This issue showcases a range of conversations, collaborations, and critical reflections around issues such as failure and borders.

Interview With Saskia Sassen, Joel Slaton

SWITCH

This page features contextual information for Saskia Sassien’s presentation and interview at ISEA2006, held in San Jose, California. The original content was presented as a Flash-based audio file, which is no longer accessible due to the end of Flash Player support. As such, the actual interview is not available on this page. Included on this page is information about the city of San Jose as well as biographical information about Sassen, including details about some of her influential books and projects.

Interview With Lu Jie, Joel Slaton

SWITCH

This page features contextual information for Lu Jie’s presentation and interview at ISEA2006, held in San Jose, California. The original content was presented as a Flash-based audio file, which is no longer accessible due to the end of Flash Player support. As such, the actual interview is not available on this page. Included on this page is information about the city of San Jose as well as biographical information about Lu Jie, including his work as the founder and director of “The Long March: A Walking Visual Display,” a multi-faceted curatorial project that uses the path of Mao’s Long March …

Design Research Quarterly Volume 2 Issue 1, Peter Storkerson

Design Research Quarterly (2006 - 2009)

Design Research Quarterly (2006-9) was a hybrid journal-newsletter of the Design Research Society. It contained news of the society, its members and regions and its sister societies, as well as peer-reviewed articles about issues of importance to design research, theory and knowledge.

Toward A New Kinship Constellation, Nellie Helen Frances Appleby

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis attempts to elaborate on my artwork during my graduate studies, while contextualizing it within the framework of the art world and the works of other artists. A main project during this time was to minimize the singular interpretation and framing of a fine art photographic print, while expanding its possibilities of meaning through the addition of important ephemera and objects such as plants, drawings, moving imagery, conversation and the unknown.

This Is The Right Place: Community-Based Art Education At Utah's Springville Museum Of Art, Mark Graham, Sharon R. Gray

Faculty Publications

The human condition in the post-modern world is increasingly nomadic. A sense of displacement and alienation is pervasive. Schools emphasize abstracted knowledge removed from the experience of students. Many people feel detached from the places where they live and have no particular sense of belonging or responsibility toward their communities. Museums can counter this pervasive restlessness and be a powerful source of community renewal. This article draws connections between place-based education theory and the educational mission of the art museum, as illustrated by the Springville Museum of Art. The small town of Springville, Utah enjoys an unparalleled connection with its …

Lights And Shadows - 2007, University Of North Alabama

Lights and Shadows

Art and Literature Magazine

In The Game : An Exploration Of The Concept Of Immersion In Video-Games And Its Usage In Game Design, Cesar Manuel Saez Ojeda

Theses : Honours

This thesis outlines a research project whose aim was to develop a design taxonomy for the creation of immersion in video-games. These guidelines can then be used in-sync with different stages in video-game design and development to ensure an immersive experience. Integral to this is the 'suspension of disbelief' the end user experiences when fully immersed in a video-game (Holland, 2002; Mediacollage.com, 2006). A review of the literature has identified the major contributing theory to the concept of immersion as flow (Csikszentmihalyi, 1991). Flow embodies cognitive elements of involvement such as concentration on a task, completing a challenge, having control …

Recreational Technology And Its Impact On The Learning Development Of Children Ages 4-8: A Meta-Analysis For The 21st Century Cl, Joey Templeton

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This research focuses on technology (specifically video games and interactive software games) and their effects on the cognitive development of children ages 4-8. The research will be conducted as a meta-analysis combining research and theory in order to determine if the educational approach to this age group needs to change/adapt to learners who have been affected by this technology. I will focus upon both the physical and mental aspects of their development and present a comprehensive review of current educational theory and practice. By examining current curriculum goals and cross-referencing them to research conducted in fields other than education (i.e. …

Contemporary Art, Science, Ecology, And A Critical Pedagogy Of Place, Mark Graham

Faculty Publications

In contemporary life and education, the local is marginalized in favor of large-scale economies of consumption that are indifferent to ecological concerns. The consequences of neglecting local human and natural communities include a degraded habitat, loss of wilderness, alienation, rootlessness, and lack of connection to communities. Place-based education responds to this indifference to local ecological concerns by grounding student learning in the experiences of their own lives, communities, and regions. Critical place-based pedagogy broadens the scope of place-based learning by incorporating critical theory into the curriculum of the local. This article describes a critical pedagogy of place as a prelude …

Asian American Project, Irene Chan, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 case, 35 cards. An open edition artist book. Contains 35 loose and unnumbered cards, much like business cards. Print media on paper, with press name Ch'An punched out. Housed in a red, white, and blue paper case with slip-in envelope closure.

A Conversation With Michael Joaquin Grey, Thomas Asmuth

SWITCH

In this interview, Michael Joaquin Grey discusses his work at the intersection of art, science, and pedagogy, including the art/science movement of the 1970’s and its counterpart around the year 2000. With a background in both genetics and sculpture, he’s interested in how complex systems like biology, computers, or culture grow and connect. Grey also talks about inventing ZOOB, a building toy that helps kids understand how living systems work. Throughout the conversation, he reflects on why artists don’t always need big institutions to do meaningful research and how early learning and play can shape how we think about the …

Cadre Salon Series, Switch Editorial Staff

SWITCH

This article describes the CADRE Salon Series, launched by Joel Slayton of the CADRE Laboratory for New Media. The series created a space for dialogue between artists, researchers, designers, and curators. With a small audience of no more than 25 people, it encouraged conversation and exchange between the speakers and audience. The sessions were also simulcast in Second Life, expanding the discussion to virtual participants.

2007 Yearbook, Risd Archives, Center For Student Involvement (Csi)

RISD Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Lets Make It Outback Tonight, Michael Douglas Erickson

Theses and Dissertations

When I was younger, shortly after my father died, my mother bought me a t-shirt that I loved and wore till it was worn out. On the shirt there was an image of a man, strapped into an electric chair, holding pieces of bread in each hand. A sign above him read, "Making the best of a bad situation." That statement became a mantra I held onto in the early years after my father's death. It still guides my personal philosophy---humor is key to survival. Particularly a type of humor that celebrates the fact that "shit happens", while highlighting and …

Within And Without, Shane Robert Rocheleau

Theses and Dissertations

Within and Without is a document which illustrates my personal and artistic research into the nature of the postmodern conception of the self: that self is unfixed, multiple, and reactive. It explicates my myriad and explorative approaches to photographic portraiture. Furthermore, it indicates many of my theoretical and artistic references and how I have applied my lessons both as an artist and a researcher to maximize the effect of my concepts within the formal and aesthetic confines of my photographs. Finally, this document explains my own beliefs concerning the nature of self and how a synthesis of my influences has …

From Cannibal To Consumer: The Shifting Poetic Metaphor Of The Vampire, Emma Margetts

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The Vampire is a parasitic demon who has ·haunted humanity for thousands of years. Feeding off the living, this bloodsucking, animated corpse could generally be said to embody human fears surrounding death and sexuality. Appearing in a variety of mythologies around the world, the vampire has been connected with excessive and/or repressed desire, the subconscious and dark side of human nature. The vampire and associated metaphors' reflect social boundaries and express forbidden desires, in particular, when the figure appeared in late-Gothic literature of the 18th-century novel. The transitions occurring within the vampire's iconography over the last 200 years of Western …

Walk 14 Blocks, Bryant Mark Dameron

Theses and Dissertations

Walk 14 Blocks is a document that describes my two-year investigation of simulation in everyday life. It describes how I examine both simulated places and the tools of simulation. I explain the key elements relating my work to simulation; experience, language, and the video monitor. I trace how I have utilized these elements in several works that led to my thesis exhibition titled Evidence.

In Search Of The Ooey Gooey Good, Lauren Ashley Clay

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis explores ideas of everydayness, the mundane, and the repetitive emptiness of consumer culture. It looks at the malaise that plagues everyday life and examines several attempts throughout history to break from its grips which revolve around a search for a more ideal state. This research includes utopias of modernism, the transcendental, the communal living of Shakers and Early Christians, ascetic monks and The Desert Fathers. These ideas have shaped my studio practice as I construct installations based on worlds which allude to the eternal, the otherworldly, and the fragility of our physical world when compared to more eternal …

Reunion: A Journey Through History, Symbolism, And Fear, Vanessa Laure Fassie

Theses and Dissertations

The contents here in examine the artistic process undertaken by Vanessa Fassie to create the mixed media work, reunion. The subjects of fear, archetypal symbolism, personal and collective histories were examined through research, archival evidence, video, sound, movement, and installation. reunion, examines not only the powers of personal and collective histories through the symbolic language of archetypes, but also how fear manifests and evolves through time. The culmination of this work was the creation of an installation within the Anderson Gallery at Virginia Commonwealth University. This Thesis was created through the use of Microsoft Word 2004.

Beyond Narrative, Jacob Adam Joseph Dodd

Theses and Dissertations

My graduate film at Virginia Commonwealth University, "Nunna Mia e la Barca," explores the traditions behind narrative and documentary film construction. With this project, my goal was to blend narrative story telling techniques - for example continuity editing - with that of documentary approaches in order to communicate the story of my Italian grandmother, Nunna, and her journey on the Andrea Doria in 1956. These documentary approaches focus more on the specific details of Nunna's American home as I have experienced them growing up. Everything in the motion picture frame has been lit, composed, rehearsed, and edited as in any …

Fieldwork/Fieldwalking: Art, Sauntering And Science In The "Walking Country", Perdita Phillips

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

fieldwork/fieldwalking is a contemporary art project exploring practices of walking and science in the field. 11 explores the themes of walking and-fieldwork in art, and as art. Whilst the. sociology of science in the laboratory has been well theorised, less has been said about the field in the natural sciences. And, equally, the most recent and provocative walking art is found in urban areas, in a fabric dominated by the patterns of human settlement. How could new walking art be made in non-urban places? The project set out to investigate how these two, fieldwork and walking, could be combined in …

Art, Ecology And Art Education: Locating Art Education In A Critical Place-Based Pedagogy, Mark Graham

Faculty Publications

In contemporary life and education, the local is marginalized in favor of large-scale economies of consumption that are indifferent to ecological concerns. The consequences of neglecting local human and natural communities include a degraded habitat, loss of wilderness, alienation, rootlessness, and lack of connection to communities. Critical place-based pedagogy provides a robust framework for the theory and practice of art education that is concerned with ecological issues. This article locates art education within a critical pedagogy of place as a prelude to describing contemporary art and art education that is engaged with ecological Issues.

An Interview With Fred Wilson, Mark Graham

Faculty Publications

Abstract The medium of artist Fred Wilson is the museum. He delves deep into museum collections to expose unexamined assumptions about power, place, privilege, and history. His installations include wall labels, educational materials, lighting, and non-traditional pairings of objects.His work is not only about the objects on display, but about how the whole museum environment can generate meaningful questions about art, history, and the role of the museum in its community. In this interview, Fred Wilson discusses how he works with the objects, places, and people that are part of the museum environment.

The Orthodoxy Of Format: Some Sketches On Legal Scholarship, William J. Aceves, James M. Cooper, Alejandro González, Pedro Egaña Marshall

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Excerpts From Four Portfolios, Mary Dondero

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Fall 2006, Valparaiso University

The Lighter, 1958-Last Year

No abstract provided.

Review Of Rebecca Zorach "Blood, Milk, Ink, Gold: Abundance And Excess In The French Renaissance", Giancarlo Fiorenza

Art and Design

No abstract provided.