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Informationen zum Autor Christiane Paul is Associate Professor in the School of Media Studies at the New School, New York, USA, and also Adjunct Curator of New Media Arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Prof. Paul is a noted curator who oversees the Whitney's artport website and has for more than a decade conceived and administered the museum's new media exhibitions, including Data Dynamics (2001), Profiling (2007), and Cory Arcangel: Pro Tools (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-editor with Margot Lovejoy and Victoria Vesna of Context Providers - Conditions of Meaning in Media Arts (2011). Klappentext 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 artReflecting 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 Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures viii Notes on Contributors xi Acknowledgments xix Introduction: From Digital to Post¿Digital-Evolutions of an Art Form 1 Christiane Paul Part I Histories of Digital Art 21 1 The Complex and Multifarious Expressions of Digital Art and Its Impact on Archives and Humanities 23 Oliver Grau 2 International Networks of Early Digital Arts 46 Darko Fritz 3 Art in the Rear¿View Mirror: The MediäArchaeological Tradition in Art 69 Erkki Huhtamo Copyrighted Material 4 Proto¿Media Art: Revisiting Japanese Postwar Avant¿garde Art 111 Machiko Kusahara 5 Generative Art Theory 146 Philip Galanter 6 Digital Art at the Interface of Technology and Feminism 181 Jennifer Way 7 The Hauntology of the Digital Image 203 Charlie Gere 8 Par...
