27th February
27/02/09 13:00
A response to Duncan Speakman’s seminar - The wearing of headphones and the nature of Virtual space
Thoughts in response to the talk by Duncan Speakman, particularly interested in the idea of putting in headphones and sort of cutting yourself off from reality walking round in an actual space but the sound going to your ears is coming from another time and place interesting thoughts around hitchhiking the way you can be someone you are not in actuality because the person who has picked you up doesn't know who you are similarly with the world of second life the virtual world chat rooms that sort of thing where you have got a different reality you can tap into a different reality People, pornography on the internet which is somehow removed from reality and is therefore more readily accessible you can be much more outrageous online because of your anonymity. Wearing headphones on the tube, not socially engaging with the group that surrounds you perhaps to an extent you are engaging with a different group, a different identity. I was thinking about the contrast between speakers that are in your ear and the people that go round with the huge massive speaker systems in the back of their cars to blast everyone with their music which is a different sort of statement I guess
