Here/there: telepresence, touch, and art at the interface

266 Pages·2017·12.849 MB·English

by  Paulsen, Kris

Here/There
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Here/There
Telepresence, Touch, and Art at the Interface
Kris Paulsen
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London, England
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Names: Paulsen, Kris, author.
Title: Here/there : telepresence, touch, and art at the interface / Kris Paulsen.
Other titles: Herethere
Description: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2017] | Series: Leonardo book series |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016025430 | ISBN 9780262035729 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Art and telecommunication. | Telepresence--Psychological aspects. |
Television--Psychological aspects. | Remote control--Psychological aspects. | Video
art. | Virtual reality.
Classification: LCC N72.T45 P38 2017 | DDC 777--dc23 LC record available at
https://lccn.loc.gov/2016025430
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Contents
Series Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Touching the Interface, Interfacing Touch 1
1 The Index and the Interface 17
2 Uncanny Confusion: Early Video and the Fantasy of Presence 39
3 Touching Television: Chris Burden’s Anti-Spectacular Video and the Ethics of
Observation 67
4 Inhabiting the Interface: The Mixed Reality of Satellite Telecommunication 95
5 The Presence of Others: Telerobotics and the Digitization of Touch 121
6 The View from Here: Remote Action and the Trauma of (Not) Being Touched 147
Epilogue: Fingerprints 183
Notes 187
References 229
Index 241