Richard Serra and virtual vs. direct experience

Richard Serra nails it:

I have no problem with the virtual reality on your screens as long as you are aware that it is virtual. My concern is that experience by proxy is a poor substitute for the reality of the interactive space we inhabit. ... The virtual reality of the media, be it television or internet, limits our perception in that it affects our sense of space. It immobilizes our ability to apprehend actual physical space. Don't let the rhetoric of simulation steal away the immediacy of your experience. Keep it real, keep it in the moment.

In other words: sure, engage technology. But be sure to know when, and how, to let the bits go in order to have a more authentic good experience in life.

(thanks, scott)

See also:

• Richard Serra and experience design

• Richard Serra and experience

• Jun 19, 2008
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