The Eliza Effect:- This is such a simple response to how viewers interact with games that have some form of AI in them. I feel that this sort of ‘simple’ ‘classic’ technology is what all of the games that I strive to make are based on. Interaction in the form of playing games is something that our culture has done since birth. From online play with a single friend to thousands of people interacting over an entire world, this human-human relationship has had some sort of digital barrier or ‘translator’. This Eliza Effect passage actually applies very well to the kind of work I want to make. I wish to curate, display, and examine that human-computer(machine)-human system of interaction in my sculpture, performance, and video work.
Hills Like White Elephants:- Such a since of anticipation, unease, distance and all around stress. I interpret this distant yet loving conversation between these two lovers as a conversation of sorrowful acceptance. I feel like she may be pregnant and facing an abortion. The ‘hills like white elephants’ reference may be pertaining to a ‘perfect’ body such as one of a child, also the continued talk about the fertile landscape and the man always trying to be engaging and comforting while the woman concentrates on the surroundings and environment contribute to my interpretation. I love the dry style of writing and style. The lack of style is what makes this such an interesting dialogue.
