Virtual as Actual and Vice Versa.
Arguably, the virtual world is no longer simulacra – an escape from reality. It can at times represent a hyperreal situation in which the virtual becomes similar to that of Las Vegas. In regards to the creation of digital/virtual graffiti there is an app that allows you to share your graffiti with members of the community. You can tag any place with whatever image you so desire. Along these lines I would have enjoyed a more intense or in-depth discussion about dynamic locative maps and how they work in connection to reality and potential changes to maps. I think this is an important step in understanding interactivity with digital spaces as well as interactivity with the physical spaces surrounding us. I am also a little hung up on this idea of the virtual and the actual via Aristotle. I don’t know how convinced I am of this considering Deleuze’s argument that the virtual is actually real and is a state of potential.
I like the idea that is brought up in “The Virtual House” (originating from Deleuze) that the virtual essentially “makes visible something intolerable for which there existed no present manner of thinking” – in relation to “time images” of postwar films (117); this idea that something is virtual because it allows for a better understanding or new way of thinking is something that I’d like to play with or push further. Also the idea of a virtual house, one that does everything for the inhabitants of such a place reminds me of a film called ‘Smart House’ where the house turns against those inhabiting it. Essentially treating those who own the house like intruders. Who is to say that continuing on with virtual lifestyles is going to make a positive impact?
Virtuality does not exist tangibly and is immaterial and yet is considered real and having affect. Virtuality and space are similar in this aspect – both not being tangible but having an affect on those who occupy (given that the virtual is constantly being occupied because it is not limited to the digital). My question here is as follows: Is Tierney saying that the virtual also exists on multiple planes or through different zones of occupation/spaces/objects?
Definitions:
Space – (cont’d) Sharing similar qualities with the virtual; intangible and immaterial yet having an affect on the material/tangible.