Aesthetics in Present Future

Aesthetics in Present Future: The Arts and the Technological Horizon collects essays by specialized scholars and a few artists, who focus on the issue of how deeply the arts change when conveyed by the new media (the web; 3D printers, videos, etc.) or also simply diffused by them. Every author shows to analyze the topic without glorifying nor criticizing this strong tendency. Their analyses proceed as descriptions, stating how both the virtual production and virtual communication change our attitudes toward what we call the arts. The scope of the topics goes from photography to cinema, to painting, from theatre to avant-guarde art and net art, construction of robots and simulation of brain functions. The result is an astonishing range of new possibilities for the arts and new perspectives regarding our knowledge of the world.
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Auteur
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.

Contenu

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