Richard Serra
Sculptor
Williams College
I have no problem with the virtual reality on your screens as long as you are aware that it is virtual. My concern is that experience by proxy is a poor substitute for the reality of the interactive space we inhabit.
As a sculptor I believe that perception structures thought and that to see is to think and conversely to think is to see.
The virtual reality of the media, be it television or Internet, limits our perception in that it affects our sense of space. It immobilizes our ability to apprehend actual physical space. Don’t let the rhetoric of simulation steal away the immediacy of your experience.
Keep it real, keep it in the moment. No one perceives anything alike; we only perceive as we are and it is our individual reality that counts.
sources:
Commencement Address 2008: Richard Serra - If Not Now, When?
NYTimes Commencement Speakers: Messages of Exhortation, Counsel and Congratulation
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