Bibliograph

Machine art in the Twentieth Century, Andreas Broeckmann

Type

Label

Machine art in the Twentieth Century, Andreas Broeckmann

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-365) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Machine art in the Twentieth Century

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

946160416

Responsibility statement

Andreas Broeckmann

Series statement

Leonardo

Summary

"Broeckmann investigates critical aspects of machine aesthetics that characterized machine art until the 1960s and then turns to specific domains of artistic engagement with technology: algorithms and machine autonomy, looking in particular at the work of the Canadian artist David Rokeby; vision and image, and the advent of technical imaging; and the human body, using the work of the Australian artist Stelarc as an entry point to art that couples the machine to the body, mechanically or cybernetically. Finally, Broeckmann argues that systems thinking and ecology have brought about a fundamental shift in the meaning of technology, which has brought with it a rethinking of human subjectivity. He examines a range of artworks, including those by the Japanese artist Seiko Mikami, whose work exemplifies the shift." -- Publisher's description

Table Of Contents

Introduction: the phantom of "machine art" -- Toward the art and aesthetics of the machine -- Algorithm machine -- Image machine -- Body machine -- Ecology machine -- Epilogue: fantasies of destruction

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