Media art issues
Technological and aesthetical issues
Media art includes projects exploring technological and aeshetical of emerging tools and standards, such as video, computer, mobile devices, internet, software, code, computer games, streaming, GPS, sound production devices, or robotics. These projects usually focus on the manuevre limitations, stereotypes of perception, or aesthetics of these tools.
Social, cultural, legal and political issues
Looking at the media art and culture mailing lists, conferences and festivals, the current discussions are held on various topics, such as public domain and accessibility of data, software, and devices, democratisation of electromagnetic spectrum (open spectrum), social web (or web 2.0), protection of personal data and identity, and human rights. Projects dealing with these social, cultural, legal and political issues stemmed from media art field and still can be considered as a part of it.
- Public domain and accessibility of data, software, and devices
- Topics: intellectual property, copyright, copyleft, creative commons, licensing, open source, free software, digital rights management, etc.
- more: public domain and accessibility of data, software, and devices
- Protection of personal data and identity
- Topics: surveillance, CCTV, biometrics, conspiracy, etc.
- Transmediale: Conspire.., 2008, http://www.transmediale.de/08/
- more: protection of personal data and identity
- Democratisation of electromagnetic spectrum
- Open Spectrum FAQ, http://www.wirelesscommons.org/english/openspectrumfaq
- Open Spectrum Foundation, Amsterdam-Prague, http://www.openspectrum.info/
- Open Spectrum UK
- articles, http://iiie.lemurie.cz/links.html
- Robert Horvitz, Open Spectrum: Ideas and Actions, presentation, CIANT Gallery, 23 October 2007 - an introduction to recent radio-based art. http://www.volny.cz/rhorvitz/ciant.ppt
- Art and Communication: Spectropia, festival, 16 - 19 October 2008, Riga, http://rixc.lv/08/
- Art and Communication: Waves, festival, 24 - 26 August 2006, Riga, http://rixc.lv/06/
- Waves - The Art of the Electromagnetic Society, PHOENIX Halle Dortmund, exhibition, 10 May - 29 June 2008, http://www.hmkv.de/dyn/e_program_exhibitions/detail.php?nr=2990
- more: democratisation of electromagnetic spectrum
- Social web, web 2.0
- more: social web
- Human rights
- Keywords: tactical media, ..
- more: human rights
- Utopia
- Transmediale: Fly Utopia!, 2004, http://www.transmediale.de/04/
- Globalisation
- Transmediale: Play Global!, 2003, http://www.transmediale.de/03/
- Public space
- Transmediale: Go Public!, 2002, http://www.transmediale.de/02/
- DIY
- Transmediale: Basics, 2005, http://www.transmediale.de/05/
- Transmediale: Do it yourself!, 2001, http://www.transmediale.de/01/
