Dear all,
I am Orkan Telhan, an MFA student in the Department of Media Study at U.
Buffalo.
As Trebor already mentioned, I have volunteered for the design of the
conference site. It doesn't look like it will be a very easy task, as
everybody here are potential 'criticals' as one kind or another, I think
it will be a challenging opportunity to see how we actually like to
construct our own collaborative space within Net.
Apart from being a designer, I have a background in critical studies in
visual representation. In UB, I will be working on immersive virtual
narratives and networked collaborative experiences in VR technology. I
am mostly interested in the sociable aspects of this hi-tech medium and
also try to reveal its possibilities as a critical inquiry for
virtuality,
You can get some ideas about my design work from my personal web
site(cited below). I am really looking forward to hear from people about
'how we really want to look and be looked at from our site" ?
And thanks very much for the invitation to be part of this experience.
all best,
Orkan Telhan
http://www.orkantelhan.com