Course Site for Future Cinema 1 (and sometimes Future Cinema 2: Applied Theory) at York University, Canada
An interesting, critical take on the current push to frame VR as the “ultimate empathy machine” (Cf. Chris Milk).
“Tech needs the myth of the empathy machine for two related reasons: to enhance VR’s reputation, and to expand its audience.”
Wed, October 25 2017 » Future Cinema, digital storytelling, virtual reality
This course examines the shift from traditional cinematic spectacle to works probing the frontiers of interactive, performative, and networked media. Drawing upon a broad range of scholarship, including film theory, communication studies, cultural studies and new media theory, the course will consider how digital technologies are transforming the semiotic fabric of contemporary visual culture. Our focus will be on the phenomenon Gene Youngblood described three decades ago as expanded cinema an explosion of the frame outward towards immersive, interactive and interconnected (i.e., environmental) forms of culture.
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