Dusan Writer posted another very thoughtful entry on his blog (link) about Reflexive Architecture. One of the most defining characteristics of the new virtual frontier is the increasingly blurry boundaries between fields of profession, and I’m excited to see the concept of virtual responsiveness reach far beyond the field of architecture.
In fact, only a fraction of the follow-up posts that spun off of the original reflexive architecture entry had anything to do with architecture whatsoever. They were librarians, artists, writers, researchers, educators, and more. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that nothing in the ‘Gallery of Reflexive Architecture’ is actually architecture?
Nevertheless, it seems the idea of ‘reflex’ in a virtual environment is what stirs the most discussion. After all, to what are these interactive ‘sculptures’ reacting? Is it you? Is it your avatar? Is your avatar You? Is your avatar just a puppet? Could reflexivity help bridge the gap between ‘you’ and your avatar, enhancing the sensation of virtual embodiment?
