<p>There is a gap there you can look through into infinity (McCahon, 1979, speaking of the paintings of Braque [Brown 1984: 54]).</p> <p>It is commonplace to talk of the increasing fluidity and virtuality of contemporary spatial environments. Yet what is the real content of such talk? Is the "virtual" anything other than another mode of engagement, one specifically mediated by technology, within the already existent materiality of the world? (Mai pas 2009).</p>