Materialna chmura. Technoesencjalizm w sztuce mediów
Material Cloud. Tech-Essentialism in Media Art
Author(s): Ewa WójtowiczSubject(s): Sociology of Art
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Czasu Kultury
Keywords: techno-essentilism; techculture; infrastructurep; infrastructural studies; information architecture; cloud; experimental geography; internet; telematicity
Summary/Abstract: The text is a discussion of new artistic form and theoretical reflection over techsphere: critical studies of the consequences of the information architecture and technical infrastructure (e.g. fibre-optic cables). It presents examples of researching the “prehistory of cloud” (Tung-Hui Hu) and creation of “internet landscapes” through artistic actions in geophysical space related to the functioning of the Internet. Research methods combine the following fields: geography, ecological activism and telematic art. Such attitude may be called techno-essentialism, as it consists in searching for the essence of phenomena metaphorised as non-material in techno-cultural rhetoric.
Journal: Czas Kultury
- Issue Year: XV/2019
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 7-13
- Page Count: 7
- Language: Polish
- Content File-PDF