Review: The post-screen through virtual reality, holograms and light projections: Where screen boundaries lie, by Jenna Ng

Abstract

The following review is a discussion of Jenna Ng's latest book, titled The Post-Screen Through Virtual Reality, Holograms and Light Projections: Where Screen Boundaries Lie. The main goal of Ng's study is to define the post-screen, as she aptly names it, as a contemporary “re-placed” screen that is characterized by blurry or undetectable boundaries. Virtual and Augmented Reality experiences as well as holographic and light projections are practices that constitute examples of the post-screen's emergence and consolidation in our present-day media culture.

This book calls upon theories on media, corporeality, death and the self, incorporating them in a timely and absorbing manner, locating links where one may only find boundaries. Through the post-screen, Ng contemplates on the complex relations between virtual and actual reality, truth and falsehood, and our own connection with our bodies, selves, and lives. As such, this research does not remain confined within the boundaries of media studies, but also addresses artists, developers and audiences who share a common interest for contemporary media and their social, political and philosophical dimensions.