Friendly Alien: Object and Interface
Since 1996, artist Miltos Manetas has done paintings that systematically portray the new essential objects of contemporary life: joysticks, computers, computer game consoles, and computer cables (lots of them). Manetas also paints people who are usually intensely engaged in the activities made possi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Intellect
2007-03-01
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| Series: | Artifact |
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| Online Access: | https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/intellect/ajdp/2007/00000001/00000001/art00008 |
| Summary: | Since 1996, artist Miltos Manetas has done paintings that systematically portray the new essential objects of contemporary life: joysticks, computers, computer game consoles, and computer cables (lots of them). Manetas also paints people who are usually intensely engaged in the activities made possible by consumer electronics devices, such as playing a computer game. But he never shows what games they are playing or what images they are looking at. Instead, he focuses on the humancomputer interface: hands clutching a joystick, a body stretched across the floor in the intense concentration or, alternatively, relaxing besides a laptop, a computer console, or a TV. |
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| ISSN: | 1749-3463 1749-3471 |