Inhalt :: Content
Umfassendes interdisziplinäres Referenzwerk zu allen Facetten der Neuen Medienkunst von ihren Anfängen in den 1950er-Jahren bis heute. Das 3-bändige Werk integriert Kunstgeschichte, Theorie, Praxis, Kuratierung und kulturelle Kontexte in einem globalen Rahmen und richtet sich an Studierende, Forschende und Praktiker in Bereichen wie Kunstgeschichte, New Media Studies, Technologie- und Museumswissenschaften sowie angewandte Kunst.
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Verlagsinformation :: Publisher's information
This landmark reference work examines an extensive array of artworks as well as mediums and technologies, integrating history, theory, practice, curation, and culture.
Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of New Media Art is an indispensable and definitive guide for students and scholars of art history, new media studies, and related disciplines such as science and technology studies, museum studies, and applied arts.
Content
- Volume 1 covers the HISTORY AND THEORY of new media art. Topics range across video art, computer animation, designing behaviour, sound and web art, posthumanism, cyberfeminism, tactical media, and the work of key thinkers such as McLuhan, Deleuze and Haraway. Written by leading scholars in media studies, critical theory and art history, the articles are in themed sections: origins; the digital age; theories; theorists.
- Volume 2 covers ARTISTS AND PRACTICE in new media art. Topics range across robotics, multimedia installation and performance, time-based and interactive art, social engagement, and hacking. Written by leading artists, activists and practitioners, the articles are in themed sections: new media art in context; new media art forms and process; new media art entropy; emergent media; new media art practice; information and systems.
- Volume 3 covers the CURATION AND CULTURE of new media art. Topics range across exhibition space and architecture, archiving, interfaces and immersion, surveillance, blockchain cultures, the Dark Net, multi-species’ futures, and AI. Written by leading curators and scholars, the articles are in themed sections: curatorial practice and museology; museum technology, digital culture and heritage; technocultures past and present; future technocultures.
Features
- Diverse international perspectives support the global study of new media art as a reflection of our changing understanding of the relationship between society and technology
- Discover the key theories and theorists, from cyberfeminism and posthumanism to Gilles Deleuze and Donna Haraway
- Explore the practices of new media art, from robotics and time-based art to multi-media performance, surveillance, and hacking
- Examine the challenges of curation, from exhibitions and immersion to archiving and collecting
- Understand the cultural contexts informing new media, from darknet and political activism to blockchain cultures and AI
- Trace artistic and technological developments from the 19th century to the present day through the complimentary Timeline: the Chronology of New Media Art
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