Stuart Mealing (ed.): Computers and Art (1997-)
Filed under book | Tags: · artificial intelligence, chaos theory, computer art, computer graphics, electronic art, media art, quantum theory, science, virtual reality
“Computers & Art gathers together contributions from a broad, international spectrum of experts concerned with the computer as a tool for artists.
The approaches vary, with contributors looking at the historical, philosophical and practical implications of the use of computer technology in art practice. The variety of their approaches is matched by the diversity of backgrounds of the contributors who are artists, critics, educators, philosophers and researchers. Following the success of the first edition, this revised version includes three new chapters.”
Publisher Intellect Books, Exeter, 1997
ISBN 058520246X, 9780585202464
188 pages
Second edition, 2002
ISBN 1841500623, 9781841500621
159 pages
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Roy Ascott (ed.): Reframing Consciousness: Art, Mind and Technology (1999)
Filed under book | Tags: · art, chaos theory, consciousness, cyberspace, electronic art, hypermedia, interface, memory, science, technology, telematics, telepresence, virtual reality
We are in the middle of a process of complex cultural transformation, but to what extent is this matched by the transformation in the way we see ourselves? This book covers a wide-ranging discussion on the interaction between Art, Science and Technology, and goes on to challenge assumptions about ‘reality’.
Loosely themed around four key elements of Mind, Body, Art and Values, the editor leads the investigation through the familiar territories of interactive media and artificial life, combining them with new and ancient ideas about creativity and personal identity.The contributing authors number over sixty highly respected practitioners and theorists in art and science, bringing to the subject a stimulating diversity of approach and a rich background of knowledge.
Art has long been preoccupied with questions involving the mind and consciousness. But it is fast finding that new technology, creatively applied, brings new possibilities to bear. This volume provides a strong foundation for the debates that are sure to follow in this field.
Publisher Intellect Books, 1999
ISBN 1841500135, 9781841500133
314 pages
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Comment (0)Joan Broadhurst Dixon, Eric J. Cassidy (eds.): Virtual Futures. Cyberotics, Technology and Posthuman Pragmatism (1998)
Filed under book | Tags: · artificial intelligence, body, body without organs, chaos theory, cybernetics, cyberspace, deterritorialization, internet, simulation, technology, telepathy
“Virtual Futures explores the ideas that the future lies in its ability to articulate the consequences of an increasingly synthetic and virtual world. New technologies like cyberspace, the internet, and Chaos theory are often discussed in the context of technology and its potential to liberate or in terms of technophobia. This collection examines both these ideas while also charting a new and controversial route through contemporary discourses on technology; a path that discusses the material evolution and the erotic relation between humans and machines. Including essays by Sadie Plant, Stelarc and Manuel de Landa, the collection heralds the death of humanism and the rise of posthuman pragmatism. This collection provides analyses by both established theorists and the most innovative new voices working in conjunction between the arts and contemporary technology.”
Keywords and phrases
Neuromancer, telepathy, cybernetic, Freud, body without organs, pleasure principle, deterritorialization, Lyotard, postmodern, fascism, cyborg, cyberspace, metaphysic of presence, Hebrew alphabet, Talmud, Cybergothic, Habiru, University of Warwick, pictographic, schizoanalysis
Publisher Routledge, 1998
ISBN 0415133793, 9780415133791
125 pages
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