From Uncaged to Cyber-Spacialism

The readings for this week in Multimedia Authoring were difficult for me to get through. The essay was dense with words i had to look up, and i got frustrated a few times because the author definitely thinks outside the box and it was difficult for me to follow his thought proccess. The essay definitely got me thinking though, about the relationship between the physical and virtual. It's impressive to me that Nuhn had a realistic outline and motivation to reach his goal of blending the two worlds. I wouldn't even know where to start! I was also pleased that the Uncaged project was broken down into it's individual parts and explained to the reader, because after reading the artists intentions and motivations, i was very confused about how he would be able to make them happen. When reading about the different elements like blow life and bubblelabub, i was able to understand what he was doing. It's certainly helpful for me to be able to learn the bigger picture, to understand what the artist wanted to accomplish and get a little background knowledge going before being thrown into a conceptual art piece. Without the preface i would have taken two looks at the project, thrown my hands up, and walked away. However, with a little information about the intentions, i was able to connect what the artist was trying to do and see how it related in the final product. I also thought that it was interesting in the section about after Uncaged, when the Nuhn expresses how frustrated he got and how his vision changed a little bit after he completed the project. It's nice to see how an artists life is constantly changing, and the art itself lends to that.