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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