Tag Archives: second life

Polyculturalist Visions, New Frameworks of Representation: Multiculturalism and the American Culture Wars

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 17, 2017

Polyculturalist Visions, New Frameworks of Representation: Multiculturalism and the American Culture Wars

by Nettrice Gaskins | Jan 17, 2017

Nettrice Gaskins examines the ongoing crisis of representation in cultural institutions, ultimately arriving at what she sees as a “polyculturalist” future for art, in which it moves away from dialectical identity politics to a sphere of fluid identities.

Calling from Canada

Calling From Canada: Virtual Reality Bites

by Raji Sohal | Dec 20, 2010

Calling from Canada

Calling From Canada: Virtual Reality Bites

by Raji Sohal | Dec 20, 2010

“Maybe the Internet is for me what Paris in the 20s was for Joyce, Hemingway, and Gertrude Stein or New York in 50s was for Jasper Johns and Rauschenberg.” — …

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

On Virtual Worlds: An Interview with Filmmaker Victor Pineiro, Part 2

by Jonathan Munar | Aug 7, 2009

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

On Virtual Worlds: An Interview with Filmmaker Victor Pineiro, Part 2

by Jonathan Munar | Aug 7, 2009

Cao Fei. Production still © Art21, Inc. 2009. Online platforms have always been social environments. “Web 2.0” was not the birth of the social Web. Rather, it marked a point …

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

On Virtual Worlds: An Interview with Filmmaker Victor Pineiro, Part 1

by Jonathan Munar | Jul 30, 2009

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

On Virtual Worlds: An Interview with Filmmaker Victor Pineiro, Part 1

by Jonathan Munar | Jul 30, 2009

Cao Fei. Production still © Art21, Inc. 2009. Admittedly, before beginning production research for our Season 5 segment on artist Cao Fei, I had very minimal experience with the virtual …