My project is about simplicity and complexity particular emphasis on simplicity in digital arts. The question I want to explore is:
How “Less is More”(The phrase as adopted by the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe as a precept for minimalist design) work in New Media?
This question seems oppose two myths examined by Pierre Gander in his paper Two Myths about Immersion in New Storytelling Media, “more sensory information, more immersion”; “more paticipation, more immersion”.
I can explore through some aspects to define the board question.
- “Simplicity is the art of complexity, is about substracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful.” — by John Maeda
- Does simplicity reduce an immersive experience in new media? Or instead, it may increase with appropriate methods and how.