Art as Media as Display – Biennials as Platforms for Social Change it was a talk I participated in together with Martha Rosler and Yongwoo Lee. The talk was chaired by Maurizio Bartolotti Saturday, 17 September 2011, 2:30 at the Consulate General of The Kingdom of The Netherlands. Martha Rosler is an artist and writer. Her work in video, photo-text, performance, writing and
Mish Mash is the first of the revamped issues of the Leonardo Electronic Almanac (LEA) that I have worked on as senior editor. My thanks as Editor in Chief of LEA go to Ozden Sahin, Deniz Cem Onduygu and John Francescutti.
THE NORMALIZATION OF THE CYBORG: FROM FUTURISTIC ARTISTIC EXPRESSION OF MUTILATION TO DAILY AESTHETIC BEAUTY ABSTRACT The concept of mutilation as a permanent scarring of the integrity of the body has been overcome by the representation in visual culture of the cyborg, the bionic human and the genetically and bionically engineered mutant. Mutants with bionic prosthetics in the X-Men film trilogy, the bionic man in
UNDER CONSTRUCTION CONSTANTLY: EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS OR TECHNOLOGICAL CATCHING UP? THE DAMNATION OF NEW MEDIA CONTENT PRODUCERS ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS ABSTRACT If you are a content producer the relationship with the continuous technological developments is one regulated by frustrations, challenges and excitements. To set up a framework that is both stable and permanent over the Internet is an oxymoron. The reasons that are behind this particular
Eugenia Fratzeskou wrote a well crafted review of ISEA2011 Istanbul for Digicult. The report is available both in English and Italian. The review is exhaustive and gives a good overview of the event with its exhibitions, public performances and talks.
MADNESS AND ENJOYABLE PAIN: THE ART OF USING TECHNOLOGICAL INTERFACES AS TOOLS BEYOND THE DICHOTOMY OF PAIN VERSUS FUN ABSTRACT The article will focus on contemporary artistic and curatorial practices in the fields of art and science and will discuss the issue of experiential engagements with technology in the name of art. The artistic engagement with technology in the production of art has historically not
ABSTRACT This essay will address issues related to the merging of text and visual images in online interactions. It will analyze the relationship between Anglo-Saxon and Continental philosophies within the increasingly merging context of words as images. “I believe that Quinean holism is not so different from the idea that every language has its own genius (as Humboldt said) or – better – that every
NO FAKE FLOWERS: JUST FAKE TEARS FOR MY MULTIPLE DIGITAL DEATHS ABSTRACT I was asked at a conference if I had ever celebrated the death of my hard drive after it suddenly collapsed and years of accumulated memories and work were lost. The celebration – if it could ever be called that – was characterized by unmentionable swearing, pounding on the table, threats issued to
I am now finally able to put in order all of my abstracts and articles. I have decided to start with the abstracts of papers published over the years. It will be a job that will take several months since most papers need reviewing and updating. Something to look forward to with the hope of achieving both a digital archive of activities that took place over the
TO ERODE OR NOT TO ERODE: THE OPPOSITE POLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CULTURAL ENGAGEMENTS ABSTRACT The dynamic relationship between humanity and the pollution and erosion of the North and South Poles is increasingly reshaping, altering and challenging cultural assumptions. As the Poles are eroded, the cultural framework and symbolisms determined by a cultural landscape that is the reflection of a natural environment in distress are also
