Spike Art Magazine
We tried to create a horizontal space in which people could select what actually resonates with them. Whatever stands out to you is going to be wildly different from what stands out to me
Tina Rivers Ryan • Spike Art Magazine
people are always creating their own worlds within worlds
to create an AR application that would make the book into an interface. The performative reading is a way of simultaneously talking about and demonstrating new media. It was also a way of exploring the breaking points of tools: spreadsheets used as an index, rather than for data management; Unity (a gaming software) used to make a book into a digit... See more
Tina Rivers Ryan • Spike Art Magazine
AR as a portal - connecting physical + digital worlds
building worlds with tech tools rather than letting tech tools build us (subverting platforms, regaining control, giving them a new purpose that benefits our needs more)
The hefty tome of cross-references, which readers can navigate via one of the thematic paths outlined by sixteen notable cyberfeminists, or by using the entries like hyperlinks, has become an indispensable resource for historicizing the putting into practice of contemporary technology criticism.
Tina Rivers Ryan • Spike Art Magazine
Indexing / hyperlinking as pathways and portals
There are all sorts of different entry points into this space. Again, it’s a matter of the intended function or behavior, versus ways we can subvert that towards some other call to action. And if those invitations come from glitches or breaking points, that’s even better.
Tina Rivers Ryan • Spike Art Magazine
Portals can be glitches / accidents