Another innovating idea during the 1990's that is complacent by today's standard is Masaki Fujihata's Beyond Pages on page 173. In his art work is his take on the future of books and the relationship it has to reality. The "book" is a touchscreen monitor that interacts with a pen that corresponds to the user's actions. The screen displays book pages that will turn over and make the sound of turning over. If you touch the apple object with the pen, a bite out of the apple is taken and a sound of the apple bite is heard. There is a lamp beside the computer book and when you touch a picture of a lamp on the screen, the actual lamp will light up. Same thing happens to the picture of a door. When touched, a real door will open in the room. At the time of conception, this must have been mindblowing and futuristic. "What can technology come up with next?" must have been asked many times when viewers interacted with the tablescreen.
It may be funny to laugh at how outdated this art concept is but it basically foretold our present technologies with everything touchscreen and interactive. The Nook, Kindle, iPad, Note, Androids, iPhones, etc all can do what Fujihata has conceived and more. Shanken states, "The artist seeks to provide a 'sensory tool to use in recognizing objects in a new way--similar to the system of a good poem, which opens people's minds.'" I like to think our current and future technologies are still doing this.
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