Machine art in the Twentieth Century / Andreas Broeckmann.

Main entry:

Broeckmann, Andreas, author.

Title & Author:

Machine art in the Twentieth Century / Andreas Broeckmann.

Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2016]
©2016

Description:

x, 376 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Series:

Leonardo

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-365) and index.
Prologue: first encounters -- 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.

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.

Resources:
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ISBN:

9780262035064 (hardback) (alkaline paper)
0262035065 (hardback) (alkaline paper)
9780262537452 (paperback)
0262537451 (paperback)

Subject:

Stelarc, 1946- Criticism and interpretation.
Rokeby, David.
Art and technology.
Art, Modern 20th century Themes, motives.
Art et technologie.
Art 20e siècle Thèmes, motifs.
Art, Modern Themes, motives.
Ästhetik
Beziehung
Kunst
Maschine
Mensch
Moderne
Technik
Technologie
1915-2015

Added entries:

Leonardo (Series) (Cambridge, Mass.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 294095
Call No.: BIB 239416
Status: Available

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