An Aesthetic Critique of Fictional Media

Presented at HOPE Number Nine (2012), July 14, 2012, 2 p.m. (60 minutes).

This survey of visuals used in motion pictures explores their design implications. Motion pictures play a unique role in constructing how we use terminals, interfaces, and graphic design itself. Highlights will include a tour of multiple screen arrays as found in Star Trek, Brazil, The Truman Show, and Iron Man; a collection of simulated environments from Johnny Mnemonic, Tron, Hackers, and The Matrix; as well as a suite of metamedia from The Final Cut, Brainstorm, and Minority Report. This presentation catalogs the digital artifacts of the past and present, while asking: What are limitations on graphic design?


Presenters:

  • Syl Turner
    Syl Turner is an experienced web developer and the founder of Jokels.com. Syl has produced a variety of web projects beginning with watch-your-step.com in 2000.
  • Sean Mills
    Sean Mills is a writer and graphic designer. His expertise in the field of design is highly regarded and he presented related research at 2009’s Creativity Symposium at Wake Forest University.

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