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This video discusses the relationship between screens and their environments, emphasizing how the context in which we experience screens affects our interactions with media. The speaker reflects on a personal experience of watching a movie on a bus, which highlighted the differences between viewing a film in various settings—home, public spaces, and theaters. They express that screens transform based on their location, altering our perception and engagement.

The narrative also explores the historical evolution of television and its integration into domestic life, influencing family dynamics and social interactions. The speaker contrasts the intimate experience of watching TV at home with the communal experience of viewing in public spaces, like pubs, particularly in the context of events like sports games.

This video further examines the omnipresence of screens in modern society and how technology continues to evolve. The speaker notes that the nature of screens has shifted from being mere objects to becoming integrated within our lives, even reflecting our identities through mediums like selfies. They express an interest in the implications of these changes and the sociocultural impacts of screens in their various forms, while recognizing the need for continued research on how screens redefine our experiences and communication.

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Here are five key points from the video:

1. **The Relationship Between Screens and Environment**: The video emphasizes that screens are not merely technological devices with pixels; rather, their significance stems from their environment and convideo. Screens are always situated within a particular setting, which influences how they are perceived and interacted with.

2. **Impact of Screen Convideo on Viewing Experience**: An anecdote about watching a film on a bus illustrates how the setting alters the experience of viewing media. The author reflects on the difference between watching a movie in a public transport setting versus in a cinema or at home, highlighting issues of accessibility, control over viewing times, and the nature of shared experiences in different environments.

3. **Historical Convideo of Media in Domestic Spaces**: The video discusses the evolution of media, particularly television, and its penetration into domestic life. It notes how the introduction of television transformed family dynamics and social interactions within the home, changing how people connect and communicate with one another.

4. **Screens as Connecting Devices in Public Spaces**: The author contrasts the domestic experience with public viewing, such as in pubs, where screens serve to connect people around shared interests (like sports). This creates communal experiences that differ from the isolation often felt while watching alone in a home setting.

5. **Ubiquity and Evolution of Screens in Modern Society**: There is a recognition of the omnipresence of screens in contemporary life, including the phenomenon of social media and selfies. The author suggests a shift in focus from just visual representation to understanding how screens create new social dynamics and relationships, shaping identities in today's digital landscape.

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Here are some key quotes and ideas extracted from the video you :

1. **On the Relationship Between Screens and Environment:**
- "the basic nature of screens is not just the number of pixels, the nature of the screen is where it is located and which kind of dialogue is between the screen and the environment."
- "I had a hint for understanding the strong relation between media and environment."

2. **Personal Experience with Screens:**
- "My first shock was to discover many years ago screens on buses... the answer was no, it's complimentary. So you didn't pay a ticket."
- "I understood the difference between watching a film on a bus and watching in a film theater, and watching in my own home."

3. **Television and the Domestic Environment:**
- "Television made... a capital step to this penetration of technology into the household."
- "The living room suddenly became a sort of place where... especially to watch together television."

4. **Television in Public Spaces:**
- "In a pub, for example... you can understand how important it is to watch the team playing."
- "Is not looking at, in a pub, is not looking, as in your house. This is a different situation."

5. **Screens as Different Mediums:**
- "You realize that screen becomes a different medium according to the different spaces."
- "It is not the same thing to be a screen at home, a screen in Times Square, a screen in a film theater, etc."

6. **Concept of the Screen:**
- "Everything can be screened. And we know that also our body can be a screen in front of a projector."
- "You need an observer and you need a surface."

7. **Cultural Implications of Screens:**
- "Screens put people together... they are already ubiquitous."
- "There are perverse things that happen... through a screen, through a film screen, I'm trying to include myself in the spectacle of the world through selfies."

8. **Future of Screens and Technology:**
- "Screens today are ubiquity... they are covering the surface of the entire earth."
- "The new generation of cell phones is folding. What doesn't mean it's the attempt to be like a book."

These quotes capture the essence of the author's exploration of screens, their interactions with environments, and their implications in both personal and societal convideos.

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It comes from, from different questions.

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the idea that when we watch a screen,

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we watch something on the screen, we watch,

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something always in an environment.

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And, the, basically the natural of screens,

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is not just the number of pixels, the natural of screen is,

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where it is located

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and which kind of dialogue is between the screen and the,

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and the, and the environment.

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My first shock, it's a small story.

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My first shock was to discover many years ago

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screens on buses.

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to tell, long story short, I was, I was going

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to the airport and, we had a complimentary movie

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because the transporter was, was low

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because, there was works on, on on, on the road.

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And we watched the movie

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and we were moving from, Manhattan,

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to another airport,

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and suddenly we arrived to the airport

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and they shut down the film five minutes before the ending.

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and to see the movie entirely.

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And the answer was no, it's complimentary.

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So you didn't pay a ticket.

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because suddenly it is stupid.

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I, I understood the difference between watching

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a film on a bus

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and watching on the, paying a ticket in, in, in,

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in, in a film theater

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and watching in my own home without paying a ticket

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with another kind of temporality.

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I can stop when I want.

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I, but, but I'm not go going to lose the,

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the, the, the movie.

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how, how the movie hands.

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I call, call your supervisor.

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and I dedicate my last 15 years

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to understand maybe it is too much, 15 years.

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in understanding the, the strong relation between

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media and environment

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Screens and environment.

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The exemplary is the story that,

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scholars told about television.

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a little bit later in Europe.

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how a technology penetrated Howard domestic environment.

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and our grandparents accepted TV

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because already they have the fridge already.

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already technology was into the house,

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and television made was the last, not the last.

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of technological into the household

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and the transformation of home in a technological side.

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but it's, it is tied with the idea

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of carving out an environment.

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where, not only to chat,

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but especially to watch together television,

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it re established a number of system, a new system

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of power in the family.

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who has the, who is, who is the owner of, of the TV set,

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who is able to change the program, et cetera.

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et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

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of television in this, basically in the sixties, seventies,

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going to the pubs, public spaces, et cetera.

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We no longer are, we have, we have not longer to be,

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we can just stop over the day

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and look at, in a pub, for example, I'm a super fan

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of soccer, and you can understand how important it is

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to watch the team, playing.

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but is not looking at, in a pub, is not looking,

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at the soccer team as, as, as,

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as in your house.

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This is a different situation in your house.

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You are isolated in this, in, in the pub is, is a sort

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of avatar of, of, of the tribune in the arena.

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domestic, was connecting people, co connecting passengers

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by and stop them in order to have

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five minutes of respite.

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You drink a beer

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and you look something, I'm an avid reader of,

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fiorentina, a website,

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and the supporters say,

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we are in the best seat in the world.

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Why? We do not have the best team in the world.

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That's confusion between space and, and teams, space

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and media, et cetera is fantastic.

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Many of my friends scholars are underscored,

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and I'm very happy to have the opportunity to define that.

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Ultimately, I, when you work on screen

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and space, you realize

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that screen becomes a different medium

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according the different spaces not the same.

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It is not the same thing to be a screen at home,

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a screen in, times square, a screen,

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in, in a film, theater, et cetera, et cetera.

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This is the idea of becoming screen

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and everything can become screen in some kind of condition.

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And, I'm a, I'm also a passionate, reader

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of the early stuff that nobody, nobody any longer,

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works on.

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Uh, the pieces of, for the regulation

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for projectionist in 1920s.

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in these manuals, there is always a chapter, long chapter,

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about screens.

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Everything can be screened.

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And we know that also our body can be a screen

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in front of a projector.

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And that's, that's fantastic.

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I mean, a lot of, fashion presentation,

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they are using the bodies as a screen.

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So things become screened.

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They are not screened, screen doesn't exist.

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They become screened.

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when the contingent element at play make happen,

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something which is a surface able

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to reflect something else

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and building, in a certain sense,

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and building someone an individual as a spectator,

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this is my basic

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Definition of screen.

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You need an observer and you need a surface.

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And the surface can be also a fake surface

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because, innocent sense, you can have an hologram,

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for example, but is, is still, is still ideal

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in either way.

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Put on screen also in the virtual reality, it's true

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that you abolish the idea of screen,

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but is there is always a screen.

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But in order to be screen,

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not always an object is a screen, A surface is a screen.

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But once you have an observer, a surface

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and something projected, you have a screen that's fantastic

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because, you, you, you, you put,

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you put attention on something that is, in a sense, new

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screen was a special, when, when you read, for example,

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early film theorist, they were surprising

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of two main things.

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One was, that's a fest.

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It's, I'm, I'm quoting Cando. There is a festival.

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When you are in front of a, of a screen, that is a ceremony.

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There is a festival is a special moment.

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So the very peculiar situation of screen.

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And in the meantime, I'm, I'm quoting,

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I'm quoting another, theorist.

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Uh, the look says, screens

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put people together.

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They are always, or they are already ubiquitous in the sense

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that having 15 film theater in Paris means

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that 15 crowd are connected,

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and this is sort of mystical body.

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They are connected. And then now we have the connection

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of the social networks, which is a mystical body squared.

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And we have the presence

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of screen everywhere is no longer special.

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But in this ubiquity, there are perverse thing that happens.

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So I not only, I'm not only discovering reality

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beyond myself, through a screen, through a film screen,

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I'm trying to in to include myself in the spectacle

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of the word through selfies, for example,

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I'm totally fascinated by selfies.

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Early theme theories.

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Were, were discussing how you different are

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once projected on a screen.

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There are wonderful pages. I do not have time to quote them.

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Now, on the contrary, you want to be different

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through a selfie

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and you want your different image,

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this alter ego to go around.

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So yes, screens today are ubiquity.

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They are as they are covered,

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I could say they are covering the surface

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of the entire earth,

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and we have a second earth made by the surface.

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We are not no longer the map. We have screens.

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GPS I'm fascinated by the GPS, for example.

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There is technological research.

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I am, sometime I go to Silicon Valley to speak

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with my friends, try to understand what they hell are doing.

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The Impact of Screen Environments on Viewing Experiences

00:00:00 - It comes from, from different questions. I would say from empirical, life around us, the idea that when we watch a screen, we watch something on the screen, we watch, something always in an environment. And, the, basically the natural of screens, is not just the number of pixels, the natural of screen is, where it is located and which kind of dialogue is between the screen and the,

00:00:37 - My first shock, it's a small story. My first shock was to discover many years ago screens on buses. And especially there, there is a story that I, I want to tell, long story short, I was, I was going to the airport and, we had a complimentary movie because the transporter was, was low

00:01:10 - And we watched the movie and we were moving from, Manhattan, to another airport, and suddenly we arrived to the airport and they shut down the film five minutes before the ending. And I asked to stay on the bus and to see the movie entirely. And the answer was no, it's complimentary. So you didn't pay a ticket.

Comparing Viewing Experiences: Bus, Home, and Cinema

00:01:41 - And that was quite shocking to me because suddenly it is stupid. I, I understood the difference between watching a film on a bus and watching on the, paying a ticket in, in, in, in, in a film theater and watching in my own home without paying a ticket with another kind of temporality. I can stop when I want.

00:02:10 - the, the, the movie. And maybe I, I, I'm able to see the how, how the movie hands. So it's, it is a vanilla episode, but start starting from there. And my, and my interaction with the bus driver who called, I call, call your supervisor. So the answer was by the supervisor. And so starting from that, I had a hint for

00:02:39 - and I dedicate my last 15 years to understand maybe it is too much, 15 years. But in, but we professor, in understanding the, the strong relation between media and environment Screens and environment. The exemplary is the story that, scholars told about television. I mean, the first, wave of television was,

Technology's Transformation of Domestic Spaces

00:03:14 - a little bit later in Europe. But let's say, and they, and, and this is a story of, of the domestic environment, how a technology penetrated Howard domestic environment. And of course, you know, it's, is a long story because, in a sense our ancestors, not, not, not ancestors, but let's say our parents and our grandparents accepted TV

00:03:48 - They have some technical dispositive, et cetera, et cetera. Already technology was washing machine, already technology was into the house, and television made was the last, not the last. On the contrary was a capital step to this penetration, of technological into the household and the transformation of home in a technological side.

00:04:18 - but it's, it is tied with the idea of carving out an environment. the living room suddenly became a sort of, place where, not only to chat, but especially to watch together television, it re established a number of system, a new system of power in the family. I, I researched that in the nineties, for example,

Television's Evolution: From Home to Public Engagement

00:04:52 - who is able to change the program, et cetera. So it was a new democracy in a certain sense, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. On the other side, we have another wave of television in this, basically in the sixties, seventies, going to the pubs, public spaces, et cetera. Here is another kind of thing. We no longer are, we have, we have not longer to be,

00:05:24 - we can just stop over the day and look at, in a pub, for example, I'm a super fan of soccer, and you can understand how important it is to watch the team, playing. And you, you, you cannot, you cannot miss that. what whatever you are, you try to see that, but is not looking at, in a pub, is not looking,

00:05:54 - as in your house. This is a different situation in your house. You are isolated in this, in, in the pub is, is a sort of avatar of, of, of the tribune in the arena. And that is the difference. So the second wave of television was were, was no longer domestic, was connecting people, co connecting passengers

Exploring Screens: Context, Space, and Perception

00:06:25 - five minutes of respite. You drink a beer and you look something, I'm an avid reader of, fiorentina, a website, and the supporters say, we are in the best seat in the world. Why? We do not have the best team in the world. That's confusion between space and, and teams, space and media, et cetera is fantastic. Many of my friends scholars are underscored,

00:06:58 - Ultimately, I, when you work on screen and space, you realize that screen becomes a different medium according the different spaces not the same. It is not the same thing to be a screen at home, a screen in, times square, a screen, in, in a film, theater, et cetera, et cetera.

00:07:31 - and everything can become screen in some kind of condition. And, I'm a, I'm also a passionate, reader of the early stuff that nobody, nobody any longer, works on. the pieces of, for the regulation for projectionist in 1920s.

Redefining the Concept of Screen: Surfaces and Spectators

00:08:00 - in these manuals, there is always a chapter, long chapter, about screens. Everything can be screened. And we know that also our body can be a screen in front of a projector. And that's, that's fantastic. I mean, a lot of, fashion presentation, they are using the bodies as a screen. So things become screened.

00:08:30 - They become screened. And when they become screened, when the contingent element at play make happen, something which is a surface able to reflect something else and building, in a certain sense, and building someone an individual as a spectator, this is my basic Definition of screen. You need an observer and you need a surface.

00:09:04 - because, innocent sense, you can have an hologram, for example, but is, is still, is still ideal in either way. Put on screen also in the virtual reality, it's true that you abolish the idea of screen, but is there is always a screen. But in order to be screen, not always an object is a screen, A surface is a screen.

The Ubiquity of Screens: Ceremony and Connection

00:09:35 - and something projected, you have a screen that's fantastic because, you, you, you, you put, you put attention on something that is, in a sense, new screen was a special, when, when you read, for example, early film theorist, they were surprising of two main things. One was, that's a fest.

00:10:05 - When you are in front of a, of a screen, that is a ceremony. There is a festival is a special moment. So the very peculiar situation of screen. And in the meantime, I'm, I'm quoting, I'm quoting another, theorist. the look says, screens put people together. They are always, or they are already ubiquitous in the sense

00:10:37 - that 15 crowd are connected, and this is sort of mystical body. They are connected. And then now we have the connection of the social networks, which is a mystical body squared. And we have the presence of screen everywhere is no longer special. But in this ubiquity, there are perverse thing that happens.

Self-Representation in the Age of Ubiquitous Screens

00:11:09 - beyond myself, through a screen, through a film screen, I'm trying to in to include myself in the spectacle of the word through selfies, for example, I'm totally fascinated by selfies. Early theme theories. Were, were discussing how you different are once projected on a screen. There are wonderful pages. I do not have time to quote them.

00:11:41 - through a selfie and you want your different image, this alter ego to go around. So yes, screens today are ubiquity. They are as they are covered, I could say they are covering the surface of the entire earth, and we have a second earth made by the surface. We are not no longer the map. We have screens.

00:12:12 - There is technological research. I am, sometime I go to Silicon Valley to speak with my friends, try to understand what they hell are doing. And one point, I I say they are working more and more, no longer on the visual. They are, they are working more and more on the, our, our media are our future, I think much more than,

Exploring the Evolution and Impact of Screens

00:12:41 - And unfortunately, I'm, I'm, I'm a guy who studies visual, but, does matter. one is the technological advance screens are going to be bigger and bigger and, and in the meantime folded, for example, the new generation of, of, cell phones is folding. What doesn't mean it's, is is the attempt to be like a book.

00:13:15 - There are, there are captured by the new, the newest media and the newest screen. And there is scholarly research, I think about the situations in which screen plays a role. So try to understand what does mean, people are already doing that. What does mean to contemplating self,

00:14:06 - What does mean the anxious idea? I do not know. Selfie, you know, people are doing for, for a selfie. They are losing their lives. Why that, I'm interested in this idea of limits, of our communication. What, what? Not only what matters. What matters, what matters to life.

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