STUDENT SPACE:

Each student/participant has their own vrml space modelled around 'Saint Jerome in His Study', Antonello da Messina, active 1456; died 1479, Oil on lime, 45.7 x 36.2 cm, The National Gallery, London.

The walls of Saint JeromeÕs study are punctured with an array of rectangular ÔportalsÕ, each one giving access to a different space; internal, information, and external sky/landscapes. Jerome ignores these spatial frames, focusing instead on the symbols on the printed page. He also ignores the gaze of the viewer. This information space is pierced by windows which, while allowing him to see out, allow the viewer (and viewers at the other windows?) to see in. Is this the perfect model of a web-cam?

Each student cell provides file space for its occupants and, ironically, the cell of learning mimics the prison cells of the original Panopticon plan.