This is such an intriguing artefact, Nigel.

The thing that really struck me on first viewing was how calm you appear in face of the dystopian chaos unfolding beyond the glass screen. We can’t see your face however there’s almost a sense that you’re unmoved by what’s going on. In fact, maybe you’re bored even, the result of the repetition pointed to in the discussion above? I didn’t get the same sense of apocalypse of some others who have commented above: the fact that you are foregrounded in the image and dressed for work almost gave me the impression of you being in control: almost a sense of ‘business as usual’.

And having now read your rationale in response to Chenee’s question I really like that you sought to draw in content representing different historical periods. As we watch the sepia-tinged tripods lurch into view we are usefully discouraged from seeing the relations between human and machine as a recent concern.

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Really rich image here Nigel, excellent work! So much to interpret, and great to see so many creative interpretations here.

The RSI is nicely noted! And reminds me of Daniel’s artefact )http://ift.tt/2kkqDOb), it’s an interesting way to sign the embodied nature of all that ‘virtual’ and ‘non-human’ connection.

There is a super contrast between the utopia of your clean and tidy desk and its various ‘cloud’ devices, and the dystopia of the destruction going on outside. I also thought one could interpret the outside as your imagination – the course influencing your thinking to the extent that you imagine and see the view outside differently.

I also thought that the array of screens looked like a security arrangement, that you were somehow surveilling the web, whereas it was in the ‘real’ world that things seemed to be going wrong! An interesting comment on the ‘virtuality’ of cybercultures there perhaps, that the notion of the otherworldliness of the web tends to distract us from its connections to the real world.

Really super image Nigel, nice work!

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