German Colloquium: Jan Claas van Treeck (Humboldt Universität Berlin). Simulations, Emulations, S(urface)Emulations

Tuesday, October 4, 2016 - 5:30pm
Location: 
WLH 309
100 Wall Street, 3rd Floor
New Haven, CT

Jan Claas van Treeck, Humboldt Universität Berlin

Simulations, Emulations, S(urface)Emulations

Machines disguise as machines. They are simulated or emulated and sometimes only covered to pose as something else, maybe as nostalgic dreams playing out in and with media. With ever-shrinking microprocessors form is no longer tied to function enabling media to perform an ironic masquerade for their users, as they engage in complete surface emulations - semulations.