"Michael Takeo Magruder (b.1974, US/UK) is a visual artist and researcher who works with digital and new media including real-time data, digital archives, immersive environments, mobile devices and virtual worlds. Drew Baker is a Senior Research Fellow within the Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London. David Steele is a senior technical consultant based in Arlington, Virginia, USA working with advanced web technology and database architecture.
In the 1st century BC, Roman writer, architect and engineer Vitruvius authored specific building formulae based on the guiding principles of strength, utility and beauty. For him, architecture is intrinsically linked to nature and is an imitation of cosmic order. The most well-known interpretation of this postulate is the Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci in which the human form is depicted in unity with the square and circle – representing material and spiritual existence respectively.
This tripart union of human body, material form and spiritual essence maintains relevance within the current climate of distributed presences, mixed realities and internet cultures. The proliferation of synthetic worlds and virtual constructs engendered by our technologically-enabled mainstream provides new realms for creative exploration and actual existence.
The Vitruvian World is a real-time immersive installation that embodies the principles of Vitruvius within this contemporary context. Existing in three distinct yet interconnected spaces, the artwork simultaneously embraces the virtual, the physical, and the network that connects them." -- from Turbulence
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An unpublished copy.
This copy was given to the Electronic Literature Lab by Jo-Anne Green and Helen Thorington in Spring of 2016.
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