At the edge of art

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At the edge of art

Title:

At the edge of art

Author:

Blais, Joline.

ISBN:

9780500238226

Personal Author:

Blais, Joline.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

256 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 21 cm

Contents:

Introduction -- Code as muse -- Deep play -- Autobotography -- Designing politics -- Reweaving community -- Preserving artificial life -- Redefining art.

Abstract:

"Far from the studios and galleries that have sheltered art in past centuries, creative people at computers are tearing apart and rebuilding society's vision of itself. Though they may call themselves scientists, activists or hackers rather than poets or performers, today's electronic visionaries are redefining art for the Internet Age." "Art's recent eruption in fields as diverse as artificial life, computer games and community activism reveals a seismic shift in the role it plays in society. No longer content to sit on a pedestal or auction block, these works infiltrate stock markets, sway court cases and invade networked bedrooms, reaching across the globe to expand the edge of art."--Jacket.

Subject Term:

Art -- Philosophy.

Art, Modern -- 21st century.

Computer art.

Art, Modern. (OCoLC)fst00816615

Art -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst00815307

Computer art. (OCoLC)fst00872033

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Summary

Desktop computer technology and the Internet have opened up new possibilities for artistic creation, distribution, and appreciation. But in addition to projects that might conventionally be described as new-media art, there is now a wide spectrum of work--unclassified until this book--by practitioners not normally thought of as "artists." Engineers, software programmers, biologists, and architects, among others, are producing work on the Internet that can only be described as "art." Or can it?

As rapid technological and scientific advances raise new cultural, ethical, and moral issues, while the white walls of the conventional museum or gallery seem to be straitjacketing cultural development, Joline Blais and Jon Ippolito confront our definition of art. The book explores six strands of creation: Code as Muse: new artistic possibilities opened up by computer programming; Deep Play: new narrative forms and aesthetics of computer games; Autobotography: the rise of Webcam-based performance art; Designing Politics: seemingly real Web sites, used to subvert commercial and political enterprise;Preserving Artificial Life: a new biology established via human-engineered viruses and other digital life-forms; and Reweaving Community: the emergence of an online art world whose fugitive existence resists definition.