The Drop Shadow Talks: Windows and Mirrors in the Age of User Experience, Jay David Bolter

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With the current generation of operating systems the drop shadow effect entered the graphical user interface to a new extent. In this context it raises not only windows from background wallpapers; it also stands for a visually enriched interface that strives towards three-dimensionality. Loaded with rich imagery, photorealistic icons and pseudo three-dimensional configurations the graphical user interface yet remains tied to its ?at medium. Bewildered by this paradox, the graphical user interface leaves the office it was made for and becomes a pop culture phenomenon.

This season the Drop Shadow Talks reply to current developments on the visually enriched layer for machine interaction. In the shades of evening lectures the Drop Shadow Talks will present art and projects in?uenced and inspired by the baroque graphical user interface.

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Talk 5, Theoretical context
January 21, 7 pm
Windows and Mirrors in the Age of User Experience
Jay David Bolter, Georgia Institute of Technology

Jay David Bolter holds the Wesley Chair in New Media and is the Co-Director of the Wesley Center for New Media Research and Education Center for New Media Research and Education in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture at Georgia Tech University. He is author of several influential books on new media theory. He is author of the books "Remediation — Understanding New Media" and "Windows and Mirrors — Interaction Design, Digital Art, and the Myth of Transparency".

The Drop Shadow Talks are organized by and located at
Berliner Technische Kunsthochschule, Hochschule für Gestaltung (FH)
Bernburger Straße 24—25, D-10963 Berlin