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Romeo und Julia im Bürgerkrieg : Shakespeares Stück in der Aufführung des Roma-Theaters Pralipe
(1994)
Paraphrasen zu A. E.
(1997)
Christoph Heins Lektüren
(2001)
Freud und der Mythos
(2004)
Performativität und Ereignis : Überlegungen zur Revision des Performanz-Konzeptes der Sprache
(2004)
Vom Werk zum Ereignis
(2004)
Das Paradox als Katachrese
(2004)
Kunst und Sprache
(2004)
Purpose - To provide illumination of how systems tend to produce an output nobody expected. It is in these moments that observers may learn something about their own expectations. Design/methodology/approach - The paper discusses two cases in the history of art: faked Vermeer paintings and a test Heinz von Foerster did in the art department at the University of Illinois. Findings - McLuhan's notion "collide-oscope" is applied to the way Heinz von Foerster (ab)uses images in his own texts; furthermore it is applied to the way the Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) was organized. The formal structure of the "collide-oscope" offers a model of perception. Originality/value - Provides a discussion of a fundamental message of cybernetics - that we cannot escape collisions and disturbances. They are its essence
Zu Bau und Schrift
(2005)
Gibt es Verstehen?
(2005)
Paradoxien der Verkörperung
(2005)
Das Bild als Argument
(2005)
Action!
(2005)
Medientheorie zur Einführung
(2006)
Die Evidenz von "Rasse" und "Geschlecht" in der physischen Anthropologie um 1900 verdankt sich vor allem metrisch-statistischen Verfahren und mechanisch-objektiven Visualisierungen. Die materialreiche Studie analysiert die anthropologische Wissensproduktion als heterogenen, unabgeschlossenen Prozess, in dem rassischeï und geschlechtlicheï Differenzen hervorgebracht und gleichzeitig unterlaufen werden. Es wird eine medientheoretische und methodische Perspektive entworfen, die Diskursanalyse (Foucault) mit dekonstruktivistischer Lektuerepraxis (Derrida, Butler) produktiv verbindet und an aktuelle Science Studies (Latour, Rheinberger) anknuepft.
Portraits eröffnen die Möglichkeit, repräsentativ ins Bild zu treten; gleichzeitig verlangen sie von den Dargestellten, ihr Gesicht zu zeigen. Die Spannung zwischen Potenzial und Anspruch, die die Geschichte des Portraits als einer der wichtigsten malerischen Gattungen durchzieht, erhält im 18. Jahrhundert eine besondere Note. In den höfischen und bürgerlichen Bildnissen eines François Boucher oder Jean-Marc Nattier, in Preußen bei Antoine Pesne, wenden sich die Dargestellten so offen wie nie zuvor an ihre Betrachter und suchen den Blickkontakt. Zugleich zieht mit der Aufhellung der Palette, dann mit dem Pastellportrait eine merkwürdige Künstlichkeit ein, die seit jeher bewundert worden ist, aber auch zu ganz unterschiedlichen Deutungen geführt hat. Der Vortrag versucht, der spezifischen Materialität, aber auch der von ihr beförderten Medialität des Rokokoportraits auf die Spur zu kommen.
Zum Umschlag der Gefühle
(2007)
Metacommunicative circles
(2008)
The paper uses Gregory Bateson’s concept of metacommunication to explore the boundaries of the ‘magic circle’ in play and computer games. It argues that the idea of a self-contained “magic circle” ignores the constant negotiations among players which establish the realm of play. The “magic circle” is no fixed ontological entity but is set up by metacommunicative play. The paper further pursues the question if metacommunication could also be found in single-player computer games, and comes to the conclusion that metacommunication is implemented in single-player games by the means of metalepsis.
Being "in the game"
(2008)
When people describe themselves as being “in the game” this is often thought to mean they have a sense of presence, i.e. they feel like they are in the virtual environment (Brown/Cairns 2004). Presence research traditionally focuses on user experiences in virtual reality systems (e.g. head mounted displays, CAVE-like systems). In contrast, the experience of gaming is very different. Gamers willingly submit to the rules of the game, learn arbitrary relationships between the controls and the screen output, and take on the persona of their game character. Also whereas presence in VR systems is immediate, presence in gaming is gradual. Due to these differences, one can question the extent to which people feel present during gaming. A qualitative study was conducted to explore what gamers actually mean when they describe themselves as being “in the game.” Thirteen gamers were interviewed and the resulting grounded theory suggests being “in the game” does not necessarily mean presence (i.e. feeling like you are the character and present in the VE). Some people use this phrase just to emphasize their high involvement in the game. These findings differ with Brown and Cairns as they suggest at the highest state of immersion not everybody experiences presence. Furthermore, the experience of presence does not appear dependent on the game being in the first person perspective or the gamer being able to empathize with the character. Future research should investigate why some people experience presence and others do not. Possible explanations include: use of language, perception of presence, personality traits, and types of immersion.
This paper approaches the debate over the notion of “magic circle” through an exploratory analysis of the unfolding of identities/differences in gameplay through Derrida’s différance. Initially, différance is related to the notion of play and identity/difference in Derrida’s perspective. Next, the notion of magic circle through Derrida’s play is analyzed, emphasizing the dynamics of différance to understand gameplay as process; questioning its boundaries. Finally, the focus shifts toward the implications of the interplay of identities and differences during gameplay.
In a common description, to play a game is to step inside a concrete or metaphorical magic circle where special rules apply. In video game studies, this description has received an inordinate amount of criticism which the paper argues has two primary sources: 1. a misreading of the basic concept of the magic circle and 2. a somewhat rushed application of traditional theoretical concerns onto games. The paper argues that games studies must move beyond conventional criticisms of binary distinctions and rather look at the details of how games are played. Finally, the paper proposes an alternative metaphor for game-playing, the puzzle piece.
This paper highlights the different ways of perceiving video games and video game content, incorporating interactive and non-interactive methods. It examines varying cognitive and emotive reactions by persons who are used to play video games as well as persons who are unfamiliar with the aesthetics and the most basic game play rules incorporated within video games. Additionally, the principle of “Flow” serves as a theoretical and philosophical foundation. A small case-study featuring two games has been made to emphasize the numerous possible ways of perception of video games.
Landscape aesthetics drawing on philosophy and psychology allow us to understand computer games from a new angle. The landscapes of computer games can be understood as environments or images. This difference creates two options: 1. We experience environments or images, or 2. We experience landscape simultaneously as both. Psychologically, the first option can be backed up by a Vygotskian framework (this option highlights certain non-mainstream subject positions), the second by a Piegatian (highlighting cognitive mapping of game worlds).
This text compares the special characteristics of the game space in computer-generated environments with that in non-computerized playing-situations. Herewith, the concept of the magic circle as a deliberately delineated playing sphere with specific rules to be upheld by the players, is challenged. Yet, computer games also provide a virtual playing environment containing the rules of the game as well as the various action possibilities. But both the hardware and software facilitate the player’s actions rather than constraining them. This makes computer games fundamentally different: in contrast to traditional game spaces or limits, the computer-generated environment does not rely on the awareness of the player in upholding these rules. – Thus, there is no magic circle.
Most play spaces support completely different actions than we normally would think of when moving through real space, out of play. This paper therefore discusses the relationship between selected game rules and game spaces in connection to the behaviors, or possible behaviors, of the player. Space will be seen as a modifier or catalyst of player behavior. Six categories of game space are covered: Joy of movement, exploration, tactical, social, performative, and creative spaces. Joy of movement is examined in detail, with a briefer explanation of the other categories.
The paper aims to bring the experience of playing videogames closer to objective knowledge, where the experience can be assessed and falsified via an operational concept. The theory focuses on explaining the basic elements that form the core of the process of the experience. The name of puppetry is introduced after discussing the similarities in the importance of experience for both videogames and theatrical puppetry. Puppetry, then, operationalizes the gaming experience into a concept that can be assessed.
This paper explores the role of the intentional stance in games, arguing that any question of artificial intelligence has as much to do with the co-option of the player’s interpretation of actions as intelligent as any actual fixed-state systems attached to agents. It demonstrates how simply using a few simple and, in system terms, cheap tricks, existing AI can be both supported and enhanced. This includes representational characteristics, importing behavioral expectations from real life, constraining these expectations using diegetic devices, and managing social interrelationships to create the illusion of a greater intelligence than is ever actually present. It is concluded that complex artificial intelligence is often of less importance to the experience of intelligent agents in play than the creation of a space where the intentional stance can be evoked and supported.
Taxo-Klapp und Fleckkraftregler : über die Beweglichkeit der Dinge und die Ambulanz der Wissenschaft
(2008)
Mode : ein Schnellkurs
(2008)