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Aesthetics in Present Future: The Arts and the Technological Horizon is a collection of essays by scholars and a few artists who focus on the issue of how arts either change when conveyed by new media (such as the web, 3D printers, and videos) or are simply diffused by them. The contributors’ analyses describe how both virtual production and virtual communication change our attitudes toward what we call the arts. The scope of the topics ranges from photography to cinema and painting, from theater to avant-garde art and Net art, and from construction of robots to simulation of brain functions. The result is an astonishing range of new possibilities and risks for the arts, and new perspectives regarding our knowledge of the world.

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Author:   Brunella Antomarini ,  Adam Berg ,  Alain Cohen ,  Rob Spruijt
Publisher:   Lexington Books
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.503kg
ISBN:  

9780739173732

ISBN 10:   0739173731
Pages:   214
Publication Date:   10 June 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Aesthetics of Future Chapter 1: The Virtual Body Chapter 2: Robots That Have Art Chapter 3: Unimodernism, Or the Aesthetics of Permanent Present Chapter 4: The Kantian philosophy of Twitter Chapter 5: Identifying and Intercting: Notes on the Architecture of the Visual Brain Interlude Mneem Part II: Future of Aesthetics Chapter 6: Aesthetics and Kinesthetics in Performance Chapter 7: Artifice, or a New Nature: Toward a Philosophy of the Automation Chapter 8: Aesthetics and Transcoding. De-Accelerating the Photographic Image Chapter 9: Ruins. Reflections on Aggression and Destruction in Aesthetics Chapter 10: About the “Anything Goes” in Art Chapter 11: The Changing Canvas of the City Bibliography Index About the Authors

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Brunella Antomarini teaches aesthetics and phenomenology at John Cabot University, Rome. Her publications include Pensare con l’errore (Codice Edizioni, Torino 2008; English translation, Thinking through error, Lexington Books, 2012), and The Maiden Machine. Adam Berg is associate professor at Otis College of Art and Design, and teaches aesthetics and critical studies.Adamberg.org. His publications include Conversations with Giordano Bruno and Adam Berg.

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