[-empyre-] beyond screens

[nat muller]

dear mirene, ayah and mayssa,

thanks for your great posts!

re: ayah's and mayssa's observation - as well as my own - that the  
dominance of the screen is very prominent and that spatial  
considerations (a.o. in installations, multi-channel, etc) and more  
interactive/participatory media-based work is scarce, was wondering  
about your thoughts why this is the case. do you think this is due to  
a lack in access, resources, financial constraints,..?  perhaps in the  
case of beirut a lack of venues - though now matters might have  
changed with the beirut art centre? or does the prominence of the  
screen mean something different (in the case of lebanon)? i have to  
say that i somehow i have noticed more spatial (media) installations  
in egypt.

looking fwd to your thoughts.

/nat