When the Machine Made Art

The Troubled History of Computer Art

AvGrant D. Taylor

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

Considering how culturally indispensable digital technology is today, it is ironic that computer-generated art was attacked when it burst onto the scene in the early 1960s. In fact, no other twentieth-century art form has elicited such a negative and hostile response. When the Machine Made Art examines the cultural and critical response to computer art, or what we refer to today as digital art. Tracing the heated debates between art and science, the societal anxiety over nascent computer technology, and the myths and philosophies surrounding digital computation, Taylor is able to identify the destabilizing forces that shape and eventually fragment the computer art movement.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-06-05
Mått:134 x 214 x 20 mm
Vikt:440 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:International Texts in Critical Media Aesthetics
Antal sidor:352
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781623568849

Utforska kategorier

Digital konst, videokonst och new media arts inom Kultur
Konstteori inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Grant D. Taylor is Associate Professor of Art History at Lebanon Valley College, Pennsylvania, USA. He most recent article, "The Soulless Usurper: The Reception and Criticism of Early Computer-Generated Art", is published in Mainframe Experimentalism, edited by Douglas Kahn and Hannah Higgins.

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Taylor's 'troubled history of computer art' is subtle, complex, multi-layered and often paradoxical, so any attempt to summarize or synthesize its content fails to convey the scope and depth of what is covered ... I intend to champion Taylor’s book whenever the lament arises about why the art world takes no notice of mathematical art ... I will urge everyone I know who has an interest in using the computer in any significant way in his or her art practice to read Taylor’s book for the cautionary lessons it has to offer.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Unorthodox Chapter 1: Future Crashes Chapter 2: Coded Aesthetics Chapter 3: Virtual Renaissance Chapter 4: Frontier Exploration Chapter 5: Critical Impact Epilogue: Aftermath Bibliography Index