Category: History of Seeing

Huawei Advertisement Florence, Italy

This advertisement was directly across from the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore and the Baptistry in Florence, Italy December 2018. Advertisements of this size are only allowed…

Detail of Geoffrey Farmer’s “Leaves of Grass” at the National Gallery, Ottawa, Canada

Leaves of Grass (detail) provides a densely collaged three-dimensional array of images from Life magazine 1935-1985. It is an examination of the effects photography has had on what…

Geoffrey Farmer’s “Leaves of Grass” at the National Gallery, Ottawa, Canada

Leaves of Grass provides a densely collaged three-dimensional array of images from Life magazine 1935-1985. It is an examination of the effects photography has had on what we…

Aspirations

The idea of toys for children is emphasized by making the text rounded, of different bright colors and by using a backwards ‘R’ in stead of the word…

Shape of love

The heart shape has a long history and many kinds of associations in our popular culture, media and digital interfaces. It can be viewed as kitsch, to say…

Technologically aided viewing of famous art

This is a typical environment for viewing famous art such as van Gogh’s Starry Night at the Museum of Modern Art, NYC. People experience the painting visually through…

Thai Restaurant featuring wall mural of Hokusai’s woodblock print ‘Great Wave off Kanagowa’

This Thai restaurant on the lower east side of Manhattan appropriates the image of Hokusai’s famous print for the back wall. This provides an easily recognizable art historical…

Closeup photo of gray viewing device

Pay-for-use binoculars that make popular tourist views into a commodity. It frames the view (from all possible views), virtually stating that this point of view is significant and…

Girl Using VR Goggles