Here/there: telepresence, touch, and art at the interface 9780262035729, 9780262338233, 0262035723
"Telepresence" allows us to feel present--through vision, hearing, and even touch--at a remote location by mea
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English Pages xiii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Year 2017
Table of contents :
The index and the interface --
Uncanny confusion : early video and the fantasy of presence --
Touching television : Chris Burden's anti-spectacular video and the ethics of observation --
Inhabiting the interface : the mixed reality of satellite telecommunication --
The presence of others : telerobotics and the digitization of touch --
The view from here : remote action and the trauma of (not) being touched.
The index and the interface --
Uncanny confusion : early video and the fantasy of presence --
Touching television : Chris Burden's anti-spectacular video and the ethics of observation --
Inhabiting the interface : the mixed reality of satellite telecommunication --
The presence of others : telerobotics and the digitization of touch --
The view from here : remote action and the trauma of (not) being touched.
