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− | '''Abraham Moles''' (1920-1992) was | + | '''Abraham André Moles''' (1920, Paris - 1992, Strasbourg) was a French communication theorist, engineer of electrical engineering and acoustics, and a doctor of physics and philosophy. He was one of the first researchers to establish and analyze links between aesthetics and information theory. |
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+ | Moles studied engineering before coming to head the Hermann Scherchen Laboratory for Electro-Acoustic Music in Switzerland. | ||
He taught sociology and psychology at the Universities of Ulm, Strasbourg, San Diego, Mexico, Compiègne, and founded the Institute of Social Psychology of Communication in Strasbourg. | He taught sociology and psychology at the Universities of Ulm, Strasbourg, San Diego, Mexico, Compiègne, and founded the Institute of Social Psychology of Communication in Strasbourg. | ||
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** ''Teoria da informação e percepção estética'', Rio de Janeiro: Tempo Brasileiro, 1978. (in Portuguese) | ** ''Teoria da informação e percepção estética'', Rio de Janeiro: Tempo Brasileiro, 1978. (in Portuguese) | ||
* ''Musiques expérimentales'', Zurich: Cercle d'art, 1961. | * ''Musiques expérimentales'', Zurich: Cercle d'art, 1961. | ||
− | * ''erstes manifest der permutationellen kunst'', Stuttgart, | + | * ''erstes manifest der permutationellen kunst'' (edition rot, texte 8), trans. Monika Bense, Renate Kübler and Elisabeth Walther, Stuttgart, 1962. (in German) [http://www.heikewerner.com/rot_en.html] |
* with B. Vallancien, ''Communications et langages'', Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1963. | * with B. Vallancien, ''Communications et langages'', Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1963. | ||
* with B. Vallancien, ''Phonétique et phonation'', Paris: Masson, 1966. | * with B. Vallancien, ''Phonétique et phonation'', Paris: Masson, 1966. | ||
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* ''Créativité et méthodes d'innovation'', Paris: Fayard, 1970. | * ''Créativité et méthodes d'innovation'', Paris: Fayard, 1970. | ||
* ''Determinierte Formen. Informationstheorie und bildende Kunst'', Bochum: Universitätsverlag, 1970, 45 pp. (in German). [[Media:Moles_Abraham_1970_Kunst_und_Maschinen.pdf|"Kunst und Maschinen"]], pp 10-16. | * ''Determinierte Formen. Informationstheorie und bildende Kunst'', Bochum: Universitätsverlag, 1970, 45 pp. (in German). [[Media:Moles_Abraham_1970_Kunst_und_Maschinen.pdf|"Kunst und Maschinen"]], pp 10-16. | ||
− | * ''Art et ordinateur'', Paris: Casterman, 1971. | + | * ''Art et ordinateur'', Paris: Casterman, 1971; 1981. |
** ''Kunst und Computer'', 1973. (in German). [[Media:Moles_Abraham_1971_1973_Kunst_und_Kybernetik_in_der_Konsumgesellschaft.pdf|"Kunst und Kybernetik in der Konsumgesellschaft, in Kunst und Computer"]], pp 37-98; [[Media:Moles_Abraham_1971_1973_Die_Zukunft_des_beweglichen_Bildes_und_der_Computer.pdf|"Die Zukunft des beweglichen Bildes und der Computer"]], pp 234-277. | ** ''Kunst und Computer'', 1973. (in German). [[Media:Moles_Abraham_1971_1973_Kunst_und_Kybernetik_in_der_Konsumgesellschaft.pdf|"Kunst und Kybernetik in der Konsumgesellschaft, in Kunst und Computer"]], pp 37-98; [[Media:Moles_Abraham_1971_1973_Die_Zukunft_des_beweglichen_Bildes_und_der_Computer.pdf|"Die Zukunft des beweglichen Bildes und der Computer"]], pp 234-277. | ||
** ''Arte e computador'', Afrontamento, 1990. (in Portuguese) | ** ''Arte e computador'', Afrontamento, 1990. (in Portuguese) | ||
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===Papers and Articles=== | ===Papers and Articles=== | ||
+ | * "Théorie de l'information et perception esthétique", ''Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Étranger'' 147 (1957), pp 233-242. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/41088527] | ||
* "La notion de quantité en cybernétique", ''Les études philosophiques'' 2 (April-June 1961). | * "La notion de quantité en cybernétique", ''Les études philosophiques'' 2 (April-June 1961). | ||
** [http://ulmertexte.kisd.de/fileadmin/pdf/Prod_Komplexitaet_BE_prt.pdf "Produkte: ihre funktionelle und strukturelle Komplexität"], ''Allgemeine Designtheorie'', 1965. (in German) | ** [http://ulmertexte.kisd.de/fileadmin/pdf/Prod_Komplexitaet_BE_prt.pdf "Produkte: ihre funktionelle und strukturelle Komplexität"], ''Allgemeine Designtheorie'', 1965. (in German) | ||
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* [http://tdd.elisava.net/coleccion/2/moles "El concepte funcionalista del Bauhaus en la societat del miracle econòmic, la Hochschule für Gestaltung d'Ulm 1"], ''Temes de disseny'' 2: "Diseño, Comunicación, Cultura" (1988). (in Spanish) | * [http://tdd.elisava.net/coleccion/2/moles "El concepte funcionalista del Bauhaus en la societat del miracle econòmic, la Hochschule für Gestaltung d'Ulm 1"], ''Temes de disseny'' 2: "Diseño, Comunicación, Cultura" (1988). (in Spanish) | ||
* [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/colan_0336-1500_1988_num_76_1_1041 "Dire le monde et le transcrire"],''Communication et langages'' 76 (1988), pp 68-77. | * [http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/colan_0336-1500_1988_num_76_1_1041 "Dire le monde et le transcrire"],''Communication et langages'' 76 (1988), pp 68-77. | ||
+ | * with David W. Jacobus, "Design and Immateriality: What of It in a Post Industrial Society?", ''Design Issues'' 4:1-2 (1988), pp 25-32. (in English) [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1511384] | ||
* [http://cdigital.uv.mx/bitstream/123456789/2093/1/198868P188.pdf "Una novedad museográfica : El Museo de Antropología de Xalapa"], ''Graffiti'' 1 (1989). | * [http://cdigital.uv.mx/bitstream/123456789/2093/1/198868P188.pdf "Una novedad museográfica : El Museo de Antropología de Xalapa"], ''Graffiti'' 1 (1989). | ||
* with Claude Lefèvre, [http://www.quadernsdigitals.net/datos_web/hemeroteca/r_7/nr_115/a_1398/1398.htm "El paisaje urbano como fuente de conocimiento"], ''Hermeroteca'' 7:115 (1990), Barcelona: Paidós. (in Spanish) | * with Claude Lefèvre, [http://www.quadernsdigitals.net/datos_web/hemeroteca/r_7/nr_115/a_1398/1398.htm "El paisaje urbano como fuente de conocimiento"], ''Hermeroteca'' 7:115 (1990), Barcelona: Paidós. (in Spanish) | ||
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* [http://www.infoamerica.org/documentos_pdf/moles_autobiografia.pdf "Le cursus scientifique d'Abraham Moles. Autobiographie"], ''Bulletin de Micropsychologie'' 28 & 29 (March and July 1996). | * [http://www.infoamerica.org/documentos_pdf/moles_autobiografia.pdf "Le cursus scientifique d'Abraham Moles. Autobiographie"], ''Bulletin de Micropsychologie'' 28 & 29 (March and July 1996). | ||
+ | ===On Moles=== | ||
+ | * Jean Deveze, [http://documents.irevues.inist.fr/bitstream/handle/2042/9482/HERMES_2004_39_189 "Abraham Moles, un exceptionnel passeur transdisciplinaire"], ''Hermes'' 39 (2004). | ||
+ | * Florian Cramer, [http://cramer.pleintekst.nl/00-recent/words_made_flesh/html/words_made_fleshch3.html#x77-380003 "Abraham M. Moles’ computational aesthetics"], in ''Words Made Flesh: Code, Culture, Imagination'', Rotterdam: Piet Zwart Institute, 2005. (in English) | ||
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===Bibliography=== | ===Bibliography=== | ||
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20120216032842/http://www.cetec-info.org/JLMichel/Moles.bibliographie.html Compiled by Victor Schwach] | * [http://web.archive.org/web/20120216032842/http://www.cetec-info.org/JLMichel/Moles.bibliographie.html Compiled by Victor Schwach] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
+ | * [http://dada.compart-bremen.de/item/agent/352 Moles in CompArt database] | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Moles Moles at Wikipedia] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Moles Moles at Wikipedia] |
Revision as of 01:16, 13 March 2014
Abraham André Moles (1920, Paris - 1992, Strasbourg) was a French communication theorist, engineer of electrical engineering and acoustics, and a doctor of physics and philosophy. He was one of the first researchers to establish and analyze links between aesthetics and information theory.
Moles studied engineering before coming to head the Hermann Scherchen Laboratory for Electro-Acoustic Music in Switzerland.
He taught sociology and psychology at the Universities of Ulm, Strasbourg, San Diego, Mexico, Compiègne, and founded the Institute of Social Psychology of Communication in Strasbourg.
Contents
Bibliography
(in French unless noted)
Monographs
- Physique et technique du bruit, Paris: Dunod, 1952.
- La création scientifique, Genève: Kister, 1957.
- Théorie de l'information et perception esthétique, 1958; Paris: Denoël, 1973.
- Information Theory and Esthetic Perception, trans. Joel E. Cohen, University of Illinois Press, 1966, 217 pp; 1968, 221 pp. (in English). Review, Review, Review.
- Informationstheorie und ästhetische Wahrnehmung, Cologne: DuMont, 1971. (in German). "Philosophischer Wert der Information", pp 254-274.
- Teoria da informação e percepção estética, Rio de Janeiro: Tempo Brasileiro, 1978. (in Portuguese)
- Musiques expérimentales, Zurich: Cercle d'art, 1961.
- erstes manifest der permutationellen kunst (edition rot, texte 8), trans. Monika Bense, Renate Kübler and Elisabeth Walther, Stuttgart, 1962. (in German) [1]
- with B. Vallancien, Communications et langages, Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1963.
- with B. Vallancien, Phonétique et phonation, Paris: Masson, 1966.
- L'affiche dans la société urbaine, Paris: Dunod, 1969.
- El cartel en la sociedad urbana, Buenos Aires: Paidos, 1976, 225 pp. (in Spanish)
- Créativité et méthodes d'innovation, Paris: Fayard, 1970.
- Determinierte Formen. Informationstheorie und bildende Kunst, Bochum: Universitätsverlag, 1970, 45 pp. (in German). "Kunst und Maschinen", pp 10-16.
- Art et ordinateur, Paris: Casterman, 1971; 1981.
- Kunst und Computer, 1973. (in German). "Kunst und Kybernetik in der Konsumgesellschaft, in Kunst und Computer", pp 37-98; "Die Zukunft des beweglichen Bildes und der Computer", pp 234-277.
- Arte e computador, Afrontamento, 1990. (in Portuguese)
- with Claude Zeltmann, et al., La communication. Les dictionnaires du savoir moderne, Paris: Centre de Etudes pour la promotion de la lecture, 1971. [2]
- La comunicación y los mass media: Diccionarios del saber moderno, Bilbao: Mensajero, 1975, 685 pp. (in Spanish)
- Théorie des objets, Paris: Éditions universitaires, 1972.
- Teoria dos objetos, trans. Luiza Lobo, Rio de Janeiro: Tempo Brasileiro, 1981, 190 pp. (in Portuguese)
- with Élisabeth Rohmer, Psychologie de l'espace, Paris: Casterman, 1972.
- Psicología del Espacio, Barcelona: Círculo de lectores, 4th ed., 1990, 296 pp. (in Spanish)
- Sociodynamique de la culture, Paris: Mouton, 1973.
- Sociodinámica de la cultura, Buenos Aires: Paidos, 1976. (in Spanish)
- Sociodinâmica da cultura, Perspectiva. (in Portuguese)
- La communication, Paris: Marabout, 1973.
- with Élisabeth Rohmer, Micropsychologie et vie quotidienne, Paris: Denoël, 1976.
- Micropsicología de la vida cotidiana, México: Trillas, 1983. (in Spanish)
- Psychologie du kitsch, Paris: Denoël, 1977.
- Kicz, czyli sztuka szczęścia, Warsaw, 1978. (in Polish)
- Psihologia kitsch-ului. Arta fericirii, trans. Marina Radulescu, Bucharest: Meridiane, 1980, 250 pp. (in Romanian)
- O kitsch. A arte de felicidade, Perspectiva, trans. Sergio Miceli, 1998. (in Portuguese)
- with Élisabeth Rohmer, Théorie des actes, Paris: Casterman, 1977.
- Teoría de los actos, México: Trillas, 1983. (in Spanish)
- L'image, communication fonctionnelle, Paris: Casterman, 1981.
- Labyrinthes du vécu, Paris: Klincksieck, 1982.
- Labyrinthe du Vécu, Méridien, 1983. (in Spanish)
- Théorie structurale de la communication et société, Paris: Masson, 1986.
- with Élisabeth Rohmer, Les sciences de l'imprécis, Paris: Seuil, 1990.
- As ciências do impreciso, Civilização Brasileira, 1995. (in Portuguese)
- with Élisabeth Rohmer, Psychosociologie de l'espace, ed. Victor Schwach, Paris: L'Harmattan, 1998.
Papers and Articles
- "Théorie de l'information et perception esthétique", Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Étranger 147 (1957), pp 233-242. [3]
- "La notion de quantité en cybernétique", Les études philosophiques 2 (April-June 1961).
- "Produkte: ihre funktionelle und strukturelle Komplexität", Allgemeine Designtheorie, 1965. (in German)
- "Liberté principale, liberté marginale, liberté interstitielle", Revue française de sociologie 7:2 (1966), pp 229-232.
- "La radio-télévision au service de la promotion socio-culturelle", Communications 7: "Radio-télévision: réflexions et recherches (1966), pp 1-10.
- Communications 13: "Les objets" (1969), Paris: Seuil. Special issue of the journal. With articles by Moles, Baudrillard, Boudon, van Lier, Wahl, and Morin.
- "Objet et communication", pp 1-21.
- "Théorie de la complexité et civilisation industrielle", pp 51-63.
- "Kitsch et objet", pp 105-129.
- Los objetos, trans. Silvia Delpy, Buenos Aires: Tiempo Contemporaneo, 1971; 2nd ed., 1974. (in Spanish)
- "La situation sociale de l'affiche", Communication et langages 4 (1969), pp 73-82.
- "Sociodynamique et politique d'équipement culturel dans la société urbaine", Communications 14: "La politique culturelle" (1969), pp 137-149.
- "Art et ordinateur", Communication et langages 7 (1970), pp 24-33. [4]
- "Qu'est-ce que le Kitsch ?", Communication et langages 9 (1971), pp 74-87.
- "Notes pour une typologie des événements", Communications 18: "L'événement" (1972), pp 90-96.
- "L'image et le texte", Communication et langages 38 (1978), pp 17-29.
- "Du sein féminin". Senologia 3:2 (1978), pp 35-37
- "Structuralisme et miniature persane", Communication et langages 40 (1978), pp 7-13.
- "Biblioteca pessoal; biblioteca universal", Revista de Biblioteconomia de Brasília 6:1 (1978). (in Portuguese)
- "Petite analyse du contenu des articles de Communication et langages", Communication et langages 41-42 (1979), pp 7-9.
- "Quelques axiomes communicationnels de la société de masse",Communication et langages 41-42 (1979), pp 170-171.
- "Le livre et les éditeurs", Communication et langages 45 (1980), pp 82-96.
- "Livre simple, livre complexe, où se situe la fonction éditoriale ?", Communication et langages 67 (1986), pp 89-104.
- "El concepte funcionalista del Bauhaus en la societat del miracle econòmic, la Hochschule für Gestaltung d'Ulm 1", Temes de disseny 2: "Diseño, Comunicación, Cultura" (1988). (in Spanish)
- "Dire le monde et le transcrire",Communication et langages 76 (1988), pp 68-77.
- with David W. Jacobus, "Design and Immateriality: What of It in a Post Industrial Society?", Design Issues 4:1-2 (1988), pp 25-32. (in English) [5]
- "Una novedad museográfica : El Museo de Antropología de Xalapa", Graffiti 1 (1989).
- with Claude Lefèvre, "El paisaje urbano como fuente de conocimiento", Hermeroteca 7:115 (1990), Barcelona: Paidós. (in Spanish)
- "Vilem Flusser, un philosophe des Sudètes", Communication et langages 91 (1992), pp 112-114.
- "Le cursus scientifique d'Abraham Moles. Autobiographie", Bulletin de Micropsychologie 28 & 29 (March and July 1996).
On Moles
- Jean Deveze, "Abraham Moles, un exceptionnel passeur transdisciplinaire", Hermes 39 (2004).
- Florian Cramer, "Abraham M. Moles’ computational aesthetics", in Words Made Flesh: Code, Culture, Imagination, Rotterdam: Piet Zwart Institute, 2005. (in English)