In 1980, artists Kit Galloway and Sherrie Rabinowitz created a "Hole in Space" by linking bigger-than-life displays in New York and LA with a satellite feed. It was the mother of all video chats -- they showed that size and bandwidth matter in communicating presence and emotion.
I use these video excerpts from Hole in Space in teaching. I end with a short public-policy rant.
See http://www.ecafe.com/getty/HIS/index.html for more on the event.
ahh thanks so much for this posting. Just what I needed for my Uni Assessment. :)
emmarghh 3 years ago