{"id":169,"date":"2005-11-15T14:15:52","date_gmt":"2005-11-15T19:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/2005\/11\/15\/169\/"},"modified":"2005-11-30T01:54:58","modified_gmt":"2005-11-30T06:54:58","slug":"169","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samplereality.com\/gmu\/fall2005\/343\/2005\/11\/15\/169\/","title":{"rendered":"Lexia to Perplexia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lexia to Perplexia<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

You might examine this site- this interactive experience- just as other forms of textual media evaluated in the past. But no- DO NOT analyze this media in that way! Having journeyed through Talan Memmott’s Lexia Perplexia<\/em>, I recognize that the kind of investigative discovery necessary for understanding this form of cyber space is a step above the kind utilized in the past. It is challenging- challenging to navigate and challenging to wrap your mind, or even cast a thought that would remotely consist of all of the aspects the visionary had intended. <\/p>\n

In terms of the meaning- I have not a clue. But- I will say that there lies an interesting complex between Memmott’s use of mathematical and scientific images, simulating a connection between cyber space and the principles of mathematics- specifically the idea of inverse, inverted figures and there counterpart. “When everything is crystal clear and [has] susynchronized the passage of meaning through the bi.narrative- conduit is smooth, without catches or serration and the doubled trans|missive agent(s) never meet, combat or challenge,” (Memmott’s). <\/p>\n

I immediately see a correlation between separate images, perhaps being a link between the inverted image of the original- is this a continuation? Is this, the inverted image, the cloning or imitation of the original, purely an imitation, or just the continuation? It is hard to say, and it is difficult to even attempt a formal analysis. <\/p>\n

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The Bomar Gene <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Each photograph was connected to another, lines of yarn or thin nylon cord connecting the pair,” (Jason Nelson). Connection.<\/p>\n

 My journey this time was far more extensive than the Lexia journey. I read the provided stories on personified, fictitious characters- or were they fake? These stories captured my attention, and I wanted to know who these characters were, as well as furthering the examination on their lives. It was so fascinating, how the creator incorporated script, words, sounds, and images all for the purpose of conveying and telling the desired story. <\/p>\n

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“Rosario could read photographs as texts, she recognized that each snapshot is half an equation, that the moment and place, that the moment and place captured has another match somewhere in an attic or basement. And within these matched photographs were unexplainably connected lives,” (Jason Nelson). <\/p>\n

Again, the connection between connection, continuation, and creation. The creation of or repetition of a particular image. Is this real? Is this product fake? I am not at all sure. <\/p>\n

Both of these virtual narratives are interactive journeys. They are journeys through the mind of its creator- as bizarre and complex as both productions appear to the reader. Lexia Perplexia and The Bomar Gene<\/em> use layer upon layer of aesthetic and scientific images and links, all of which are relevant to the complex meaning the creators are trying to send. Movement throughout each lexia, incorporated linear objects and shapes, further stresses the scientific elements of each new media. Again, the use of its graphical design and placement of words tell and communicate to the reader as another significant element of the cyber text. <\/p>\n

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