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Orientalism of code

by ccManager
Commentary summary:
Another cinematic attempt to render visible that which makes digital media intangible
Text Commentary:

In its desperation to render "code" visible to cinematic audiences, The Matrix coined a visual vocabulary for computer graphics that suggests both early CRT monitors and a vague and pointless Orientalism seen in the indiscriminate mashing up of Roman alphanumeric characters with the Japanese syllabary, Katakana.

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Copyright 2010, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. ccManager. (2011, August 23). Orientalism of code. Retrieved May 21, 2012, from Critical Commons Web site: http://criticalcommons.org/Members/ccManager/commentaries/orientalism-of-code. This work is licensed under a No Copyright; No Rights Reserved.