Paul A Companion to Digital Art

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-118-47521-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 640 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Companions to Art History

Reflecting the dynamic creativity of its subject, this definitive guide spans the evolution, aesthetics, and practice of today's digital art, combining fresh, emerging perspectives with the nuanced insights of leading theorists.
* Showcases the critical and theoretical approaches in this fast-moving discipline
* Explores the history and evolution of digital art; its aesthetics and politics; as well as its often turbulent relationships with established institutions
* Provides a platform for the most influential voices shaping the current discourse surrounding digital art, combining fresh, emerging perspectives with the nuanced insights of leading theorists
* Tackles digital art's primary practical challenges - how to present, document, and preserve pieces that could be erased forever by rapidly accelerating technological obsolescence
* Up-to-date, forward-looking, and critically reflective, this authoritative new collection is informed throughout by a deep appreciation of the technical intricacies of digital art

Autoren/Hrsg.

Paul, Christiane

Über Autor(innen)

Christiane Paul is Associate Professor in the School ofMedia Studies at the New School, New York, USA, and also AdjunctCurator of New Media Arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art.Prof. Paul is a noted curator who oversees the Whitney'sartport website and has for more than a decade conceived andadministered the museum's new media exhibitions, includingData Dynamics (2001), Profiling (2007), and Cory Arcangel: ProTools (2011). Other curatorial work includes The Public Private(Kellen Gallery, The New School, 2013); Biennale Quadrilaterale(Rijeka, Croatia, 2009-10); Feedforward - The Angel of History(LABoral, Spain, 2009); and INDAF Digital Art Festival (Incheon,Korea, 2009). She is the author of Digital Art (2003),New Media in the White Cube and Beyond (2008), and co-editorwith Margot Lovejoy and Victoria Vesna of Context Providers- Conditions of Meaning in Media Arts (2011).