This week we ask some important questions about texture. Can you touch a compression codec like a painting? Does a tablet need to feel like paper? Should keyboards feel like handbags? Do you really need to see a rom-com in 3d? HD Boyz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C5YAc6L_KQ Toronto Public Library http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ Arte Povera https://news.artnet.com/market/an-introduction-to-arte-povera-32829 MacPaint https://www.fastcodesign.com/3019914/relive-the-original-macpaint-in-your-browser Pentile Display https://www.oled-info.com/pentile Wade Guyton http://www.vulture.com/2012/10/saltz-on-wade-guyton-os-at-the-whitney.html Nam June Paik Magnet TV http://collection.whitney.org/#object/6139 Takeshi Murata, Monster Movie, 2005 https://vimeo.com/147761897 8.7MB, 2002 (ironically not the original file) http://jeremybailey.net/87mb.html Wabi Sabi: The Art of Imperfection https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/wabi-sabi George Maciunas, Flux Kits https://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2011/fluxus_editions/category_works/fluxkit/ Ay-O’s finger box https://www.moma.org/collection/works/128028 Marinetti Tactilism http://peripheralfocus.net/poems-told-by-touch/manifesto_of_tactilism.html Luc Besson’s Valerian http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2239822/ Jeremy’s VR show in Toronto http://worldbuilding.sheeri.co/ South Park stop frame animation pilot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvjuarWNyJY Jack Goldstein http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/news/jack-goldstein-adam-lindemann/ Harmony Korine’s Trash Humpers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCjYRd43tpw Dogme 95 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogme_95 reMakable’s paper simulating tablet https://remarkable.com/ Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kULwsoCEd3g Chiaroscuro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiaroscuro Microsoft says the fabric on the Surface Laptop should be cared for like a ‘luxury’ handbag https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/9/15587364/microsoft-surface-laptop-alcantara-fabric-cleaning Google Daydream (2016 version) https://www.wired.com/2016/11/daydream-view-review/ iPhone X https://www.apple.com/iphone-x/ Risograph printing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risograph