Design Across Boundaries: Shared Experiences in the Digital Context

Yael Alkalay, MFA ’13

thesis abstract

Dynamic media has extended the realm of human experience and communication, providing us with a different perspective of our world. We look through our screens as virtual windows, transporting ourselves seamlessly through time and space. This radical shift in our relationship with the screen transforms our perception of the self, identity and reality.

My work utilizes dynamic media’s compression of time and space to create engaging and authentic shared experiences that bridge the gap between people, places and cultures — drawing out individual’s points of view to nurture the experience of diversity in a spirit of curiosity and dialogue.

The thesis will document a collection of projects that enable a broad range of individuals to communicate while testing the boundaries of our currently available media. The thesis explores shared experiences across virtual and physical boundaries, across private and public spaces, and within conscious and spontaneous social interactions.

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