{"id":40610,"date":"2014-06-21T21:51:31","date_gmt":"2014-06-21T21:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/eyeofanarchitect-virtual-worlds-walter\/"},"modified":"2018-12-06T15:33:06","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T22:33:06","slug":"eyeofanarchitect-virtual-worlds-walter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/eyeofanarchitect-virtual-worlds-walter\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-40610 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/eyeofanarchitect-virtual-worlds-walter\/attachment\/40611\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_n35dfko6rx1qza6bio1_500-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/eyeofanarchitect-virtual-worlds-walter\/attachment\/40612\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_n35dfko6rx1qza6bio2_r1_640-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/eyeofanarchitect-virtual-worlds-walter\/attachment\/40613\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_n35dfko6rx1qza6bio3_r1_500-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/eyeofanarchitect-virtual-worlds-walter\/attachment\/40614\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_n35dfko6rx1qza6bio4_r1_640-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_n35dfko6rx1qza6bio4_r1_640-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_n35dfko6rx1qza6bio4_r1_640-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_n35dfko6rx1qza6bio4_r1_640-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_n35dfko6rx1qza6bio4_r1_640.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/eyeofanarchitect.tumblr.com\/post\/88639025310\/virtual-worlds-walter-pichlers-futuristic\">eyeofanarchitect<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Virtual Worlds: Walter Pichler\u2019s Futuristic Visions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<br \/> Around forty-five years ago a man wore a submarine-like white helmet that extended from front to back. His entire head disappeared into the futurist capsule; only the title betraying what was happening. TV Helmet created in 1967 is a technical device that isolates the user while imbedding him or her in an endless web of information: closed off against the outside world, the wearer was completely focused on the screen before his eyes. TV Helmet is the work of Walter Pichler and it doesn\u2019t merely formally anticipate the cyber glasses developed decades later; Pichler also articulated questions of content in relation to the media experience long before the \u201cvirtual world\u201d was even discovered. Even back then, Walter Pichler was probably already a media critic as he\u2019s remained one to this day. But he is also a conceptually thinking artist who explored space early on\u2014beyond the four walls and the structures of cities. Pichler called his invention a Portable Living Room. His pioneering designs, The Prototypes, are pneumatic plastic living bubbles from the sixties that sought answers to the questions of tomorrow\u2019s individualized life somewhere between the areas of design, architecture, and art. With their reference to space travel and modernist materials, Pichler\u2019s futurist sculptures inspire a desire for the future\u2014 even if his messages are said to possess a sceptical or sarcastic undertone. (via <a href=\"http:\/\/artselectronic.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/04\/virtual-worlds-walter-pichlers-futurist-visions\/\">Virtual Worlds: Walter Pichler\u2019s Futuristic Visions | artselectronic<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>eyeofanarchitect: Virtual Worlds: Walter Pichler\u2019s Futuristic Visions &#8211; Around forty-five years ago a man wore a submarine-like white helmet that extended from front to back. His entire head disappeared into the futurist capsule; only the title betraying what was happening. 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