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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-fec8e85bd518438cbdde37e653dfc2822022-12-21T22:50:35ZengIntellectArtifact1749-34631749-34712007-03-0111https://doi.org/10.1080/17493460600612307Friendly Alien: Object and Interface Manovich, Lev0The Visual Arts Department, University of California, San DiegoSince 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.https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/intellect/ajdp/2007/00000001/00000001/art00008HCIcomputer gamesinterface |
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