Final Project 1.0

So, if it's not obvious from my last post, I'm interested in the slippage between physical and synthetic spaces. Specifically, this plays out in the nesting of synthetic spaces (on cell phones, laptops, etc) within physical spaces, and how this trouble/extend the relationship between spaces and places. Again, Chun's notion of dissociating place from our desire for spatial containment is important here. My question is: if de-spatialized synthetic places are becoming interspersed in our physical spaces, how do they trouble or redefine how we ascribe meaning to spaces (or what I consider their place-ness).

For the project, since I'm interested in moving through layered spaces I've decided to try my hand at Flash. My idea is to begin with an image of a coffee shop (like the Grind in the library) with various people engaged in various spatial mediums (cell phone, laptop, book...). The user would be able to click on each of the different mediums and "dive into" the layers associated with it. Also, I would like to talk about the limitations of all the spaces: physical, synthetic, textual, visual, etc; not only the limitations of the medium, but limitations in the sense Chun talks about, the danger of assuming freedom without any sort of control.