bodies in code, or how primordial tactility introjects technics into human life
Artificial realities are based on the premise that the perceptual intelligence that all men share is more powerful than the symbol manipulation skills that are the province of the few.
Myron Krueger¹
- “MAKE USE OF WHAT NATURE HAS GIVEN US!"
If Myron Krueger deserves to be heralded as the pioneer of interactive media art, this has more to do with the aesthetic qualities of his interactive platform than its undeniable technical contribution. From the beginning, Krueger's interest concerned the enactive potentialities afforded by the new media and not their representational or simulational capacities He recalled this commitment in a recent interview:
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