Engagement
A person can be fully committed to understand a specific text, to play a game, to build a place up to a point that the self more or less vanishes in this passionate attention. Engagement is more and more connected to notions of authenticity. One can be as authentic on a piece of land as on Facebook. Engagement is a qualifying factor for authentity in on- and offline worlds.
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The nature of glass remains anything but clear
It is well known that panes of stained glass in old European churches are thicker at the bottomā¦
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Experiment I: glass flowing at room temperature
Is glass a liquid or a solid? Experts do not agree on this one. Some argue that glass is an under
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Always out of focus. Why?
Raindrops refract light. A double rainbow is perceptible when a double refraction occurs in theā¦
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Trompe l'oeil, deceiving the eye
When exploring optical phenomena many test pieces need to be fabricated. Some can elevate the eyeā¦
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Kaleidoscope: Engaging the eyes
How a graphic pattern cut in safety glass can draw forth a smile. In our day-to-day lives most ofā¦
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Prismatic glass transmit and (re-)direct light
Light passes through glass mostly in one direction. Prismatic glass can direct light in a certain
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Handmade window glass
Handmade window glass is used when something extraordinary is required, for example in restorationsā¦
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Floating head: This is real!
A head takes off into the air. This is really happening. The image has not been manipulated; theā¦
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World upside down
When looking at this picture at least three convex lenses are involved. In the human eye (1), inā¦
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Witnessed witness: Altering thickness of glass affects perception
Curved or angled glass allows the viewer to see sometimes less, sometimes more. By changing theā¦
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Witnessing: Multifaceted glasses
With my work I want to demonstrate how minimal alterations can have a monumental effect and thatā¦
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Sharing Rhythm is required for witnessing to take place
The spatial dimension is physical embodiment, but in the online environment weāre disembodied, timeā¦
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Rhythm essential for well being
One of the great people working on synchrony was Condon. Working in psychiatry, he understood theā¦
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No timing, no meaning
In music timing is very important. If you get the rhythm right, the tune will be recognizable asā¦
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Trust: Outside in and inside out
In face-to-face contexts transactions are emerging out of rhythm and coordination. People say thatā¦
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The āOnline Weā: from cognitive understanding to feeling
Gill tells several stories about the surprising fact that people develop a sense of āweā in onlineā¦