[Politicsandtechnology] Oliver Grau Interview

[Pete J. Otis]

"History shows that people's appetite for novel illusions is an 
anthropological constant, which, together with the permanent attempts on 
the part of those in positions of power to impress, divert, and subject 
others with suggestive new worlds of images, runs like a thread through 
history."  Oliver Grau


A fascinating new analysis of the relationship between virtual images and 
critical distance from an art historian's perspective is presented in 
Grau's new book "Virtual Art: From Illusion to Immersion."  A recommendable 
interview is presented in Switch Journal.

http://switch.sjsu.edu/~switch/nextswitch/switch_engine/front/front.php?artc=273


Pete Otis