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<div>I'm releasing a new networked artwork today -<b> Virtual to
'Virtual'</b>,</div>
<div>a web browser extension for Firefox and Google Chrome.</div>
<div>You can download the extension from my site</div>
<div>http://www.asquare.org/virtual-to-virtual/</div>
<div>or for Firefox from the Firefox Add-ons website</div>
<div><a
href=
"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/virtual-to-virtual/"
>https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/virtual-to-virtual/</a
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<div>"Virtual to 'Virtual' is a web browser extension
available for Firefox and Google Chrome. On each webpage visited it
places all instances of the word virtual within single inverted
commas.</div>
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<div>The title of Virtual to 'Virtual' makes reference to
philosophical theory, in particular that of Giles Deleuze, which
defines the virtual as immaterial and as such does not occupy a time
or space yet is not abstract. Consequently, what is virtual can be
understood to exist and is experientially a part of what is real. In
language, however, the term virtual is frequently employed as
antipodal to real. According to this interpretation virtual is
immaterial or abstract while real is material or existing. Virtual to
'Virtual' is intended to stress how problematic the term virtual
is in language according to philosophical theory. It does so through
the use of single inverted commas, transforming virtual to
'virtual', and thereby proposes a correction to all instances on the
web as a 'virtual' networked space."</div>
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<div>#networkedart #virtual #language #conceptual
#browserextension</div>
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<div>--<br>
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<div>regards</div>
<div>Garrett Lynch IRL</div>
<div>_________________</div>
<div><a
href="mailto:Garrett@asquare.org">Garrett@asquare.org</a></div>
<div><a
href="http://www.asquare.org/">http://www.asquare.org/</a></div>
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