The State of the Real: Aesthetics in the Digital Age - Couverture souple

Sutton, Damian; Brind, Susan; McKenzie, Ray

 
9781845110772: The State of the Real: Aesthetics in the Digital Age
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1845110773 ISBN 13 : 9781845110772
Editeur : I.B. Tauris, 2007

Synopsis

New media, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cybernetics: are the latest technologies push back the very limits of 'reality'. The nature of the real in the digital age is ever more hotly debated and the place of these debates in visual culture can hardly be overstated. Innovative and provocative, this book brings together the latest research on 'the state of the real' by practitioners and commentators across the disciplines of photography, film, media studies, critical theory and fine art. Engaging with the work of critics and thinkers as varied as Linda Nochlin, Lev Manovich and Donna Harroway, Lyotard, Baudrillard and Barthes, "The State of the Real" looks first at the different ways in which 'realism' and reality have been understood in recent art history, with a particular focus on debates about the real within photography. Emphasising the role of art in shaping, as well as reflecting, notions of the real, the book features contributions from a number of contemporary artists and showcases a new photoessay by artist Andrew Lee. The collection looks finally towards advanced technologies and the virtual world in a section which concludes with a specially commissioned contribution by acclaimed thinker Slavoj Zizek. This is an indispensable volume for students of 'the digital age' across the fields of art and photography, film, media studies and critical and visual theory.

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À propos de l?auteur

Damian Sutton is Lecturer in Historical and Critical Studies at Glasgow School of Art Susan Brind is Course Leader, Mphil Art and Design in Organisational Contexts, Glasgow School of Art and is a practising artist and curator Ray McKenzie is Senior Lecturer in Historical and Critical Studies at Glasgow School of Art.

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Éditeur
I.B. Tauris
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1845110773
ISBN 13 
9781845110772
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
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