The Future of Art in a Postdigital Age

Mel Alexenberg

Description

In The Future of Art in a Postdigital Age, artist and educator Mel Alexenberg offers a vision of a postdigital future that reveals a paradigm shift from the Hellenistic to the Hebraic roots of Western culture. He ventures beyond the digital to explore postdigital perspectives rising from creative encounters among art, science, technology and human consciousness. The interrelationships between these perspectives demonstrate the confluence between postdigital art and the dynamic, Jewish structure of consciousness. Alexenberg’s pioneering artwork – a fusion of spiritual and technological realms – exemplifies the theoretical thesis of this investigation into interactive and collaborative forms that imaginatively envisages the vast potential of art in a postdigital future.

Sujets

• Arts visuels
• Arts visuels
• Histoire des Arts
• Histoire des Arts
• Histoire des arts visuels
• History of art
• General officer
• Art
• General
• History

Informations

• Publié par: Intellect Books
• Date de parution: 27 avril 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781841505053
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

Extrait

Praise or the book

“ïn îs book, Me Aexenberg navîgaes îs arîsîc însîg amîd e abyrînîan compexîîes, exposîons, and revouîons o e pas ory years o ar, racîng îs way amîd quesîons o scîence and reîgîon, ecnoogy and envîronmen, educaîon, cuure, and cosmos. Everyone wî ind îs book u o new vanage poîns and vîsas, res însîgs a gîve a unîquey persona îsory o arîsîc îme a îndeed poîns o new and open uures.” – Pro. owry Burgess, Dean and Dîsînguîsed Feow o e Sudîo or Creaîve ïnquîry, Carnegîe Meon Unîversîy, Pîsburg, PA

“hîs îs a wonderu and împoran book. he auor înks e îsory o ar o e împoran roe payed by varîous orms o înkîng în e Jewîs radîîon and connecs a o e emergîng cuure o dîgîa expressîon. Brîîan însîgs and new ways o seeîng make îs a mus-read or anyone îneresed în e îneecua îsory o îmages în e 21s cenury.” – Dr. Ron Burne, auor oHow Images hînk (MïT Press), Presîden o Emîy Carr Unîversîy o Ar and Desîgn, Vancouver, Canada “he auor succeeds în openîng a unîque canne o e unîverse o presen and uure ar în a îgy orîgîna and înspîrîng way. Hîs connecîon beween ancîen conceps (Judaîsm) and e presen dîgîa age wî orce us o orougy reînk our îdeas abou ar, socîey and ecnoogy. hîs book îs evîdence a Goem îs aîve!” – Pro. Mîcae Bîeîcky, Proessor and Head o e Deparmen o ïnoAr/Dîgîa Medîa, Hocscue ur Gesaung /ZKM Cener or Ar and Medîa, Karsrue, Germany

“Me Aexenberg, a very sopîsîcaed arîs and scoar o muc experîence în e compex payîng ied o ar-scîence-ecnoogy, addresses e rarey asked quesîon: How does e ‘medîa magîc’ communîcae conen?” – Pro. Oo Pîene, Proessor Emerîus and Dîrecor, MïT Cener or Advanced Vîsua Sudîes, Massacuses ïnsîue o Tecnoogy, Cambrîdge, MA, USA “Opens new vîsas în e aemps o reconcîe e newes deveopmens în dîgîa ar and posmodern crîîca perspecîves wî e ancîen concerns o e ars wî e spîrîua. ï ofers res perspecîves în ow we can earn rom Greek and Jewîs oug o undersand e presen era.” – Pro. Sepen Wîson, auor oInormaîon Ars: Inersecîons o Ar, Scîence, and Tecnoogy(MïT Press) and Proessor o Concepua and ïnormaîon Ars a San Francîsco Sae Unîversîy, San Francîsco, CA, USA

“hîs book îs sîmpy a mus-read anaysîs or anyone îneresed în were we and e vîsua ars are goîng în our uure. Aexenberg as provîded us wî poweru new enses o aow us o ‘see’ ow posmodern ar movemens and cassîca Judaîc radîîons compîmen and rucîy one anoer as e vîsua ars are now enargîng and addîng a spîrîua dîmensîon o our îves în e dîgîa era.” –Dr. Mose Dror, co-auor oFuurîzîng e Jews(Praeger), Presîden o Word Nework o Reîgîous Fuurîss and ïsrae Coordînaor o Word Fuure Socîey

“hîs Hebraîc-posmodern ques îs or a dîaogue mîdway on Jacob’s adder were man and God, arîs and socîey, and arwork and vîewer/parîcîpan engage în ongoîng commenary.” – Dr. Randa Rodes, Proessor and Caîrman, Deparmen o Vîsua Ar, Frosburg Sae Unîversîy, Maryand, USA

“hîs book îs amazîng, so deep and însîgu and u o swee reveaîons a eac urn o e page! ï rocks e word and brîngs some desperaey needed îg.” – Dr. Davîd azerson, auor oSarîng Tur(Baard), ïnducee a e Naîona Teacers Ha o Fame, USA “îke e Tora îse a Aexenberg reers o reguary, e book îs compex. He wrîes în a îvey, engagîng sye […] ï ound î înormaîve, opîmîsîc, and spîrîuay reresîng.” – Pro. Rob Hare,Leonardo: Journa o e Inernaîona Socîey or e Ars, Scîences and Tecnoogy

“Aexenberg ofers specîa însîgs îno e posmodern naure o e Tamud’s bîbîca conscîousness as an open-ended îvîng sysem. Hîs argumen îs a e new paradîgm o ar mus be o a srucura and dynamîc naure. Here, e quoes Aan Kaprow în urgîng a more ‘îeîke ar.’ hîs as proound împîcaîons or ar educaîon.” – Dr. Jerome Hausman,Ars and Acîvîîes

“ï Jacques Derrîda ad no preceded îm, Aexenberg woud be e Jewîs Marsa Mcuan […] Aexenberg’s ar and scoarsîp represens some o e mos înnovaîve work beîng made în bo e Jewîs and non-Jewîs ar words.” – Menacem Wecker,Forward

“Aexenberg’s dynamîc înerpay o însîder/ousîder meodoogîes and exporaîon o e muîpe reaîonsîps a exîs beween ar, ecnoogy, and cuure oday îs e îgîg o îs ex. Hîs combînaîon o pracîce-based oucomes wî scoary negoîaîon o e opîc presens a dîsîncîve caracer o îs researc.”

– Dr. Vînce Dzeîkan,New Medîa & Socîey

The Future of Art in a Postdigital Age

To my wonderful wife, Miriam, our cHildren, grandcHildren, and great-grandcHildren.

From generaîon o generaîon, ey wî dwe în e Land o Israe were e wîderness wî rejoîce over em, e deser wî be gad and bossom îke a îy. Her wîderness wî be made îke Eden and er deser îke a Dîvîne garden. Joy and gadness wî be ound ere, anksgîvîng and e sound o musîc. (Isaîa 35:1, 51:3)

The Future of Art in a Postdigital Age From Hellenistic to Hebraic Consciousness

Mel Alexenberg

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First published in the UK in 2011 by Intellect, The Mill, Parnall Road, Fishponds, Bristol, BS16 3JG, UK

First published in the USA in 2011 by Intellect, The University of Chicago Press, 1427 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

Copyright © 2011 Intellect Ltd

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission.

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Cover designer: Holly Rose Copy-editor: Emma Rhys Typesetting: Mac Style, Beverley, E. Yorkshire

ISBN 978-1-84150-377-6/ EISBN 9781841505053

Printed and bound by Gutenberg Press, Malta.

Contents

Author’s Note for Postdigital Edition

9

Introduction: Postmodern Paradigm Shift: From Hellenistic to Hebraic Consciousness  11

Chapter 1: Postdigital Perspectives: Rediscovering Ten Fingers

Chapter 2: Semiotic Perspectives: Redefining Art in a Postdigital Age

Chapter 3: Morphological Perspectives: Space-Time Structures of Visual Culture

Chapter 4: Kabbalistic Perspectives: Creative Process in Art and Science

Chapter 5: Wiki Perspectives: Multiform Unity and Global Tribes

Chapter 6: Halakhic Perspectives: Creating a Beautiful Life

Index

About the Author

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Author’s Note for Postdigital Edition

en my pubîser asked me o creae an updaed and enarged edîîon o my 2006 W bookhe Fuure o Ar în a Dîgîa Age: From Heenîsîc o Hebraîc Conscîousness, î was cear o me a e book caed or an updaed îe a releced e emergence o a posdîgîa age. Wîkîpedîa, îse an exempary posdîgîa coaboraîve creaîon, expaîns a“posdîgîa”îs a erm used în e dîscourse o dîgîa arîsîc pracîce a a îme o our rapîdy cangîng reaîonsîps wî dîgîa ecnoogîes and ar orms more concerned wî beîng uman an wî beîng dîgîa. Readîng îsWîkîpedîaenry made me reaîze a muc o e irs edîîon o îs book ad aready venured beyond e dîgîa o expore posdîgîa perspecîves emergîng rom creaîve encouners beween ar, scîence, ecnoogy, and uman conscîousness. hîs Posdîgîa Edîîon conînues a exporaîon. ï ad irs sensed a posdîgîa aura neary a a-cenury ago wen ï programmed mammo compuers o make pîcures a caed ou or e warm uman ouc o cooru pîgmens în moen beeswax sensuousy lowîng over a poer’s ard-edged dîgîa drawîngs. hîs aura conînued as ï înîîaed îneracîve dîaogues beween uman sensîbîîîes and new ecnoogîes în eLîgsOROT: Spîrîua Dîmensîons o e Eecronîc Ageexîbîîon a ï creaed more an wo decades ago în coaboraîon wî Oo Pîene a MïT’s Cener or Advanced Vîsua Sudîes or Yesîva Unîversîy Museum. As ar edîor ohe Vîsua Compuer: Inernaîona Journa o Compuer Grapîcs, ï îed my 1988 dîgîa ar îssue edîorîa “Ar wî Compuers: he Human Spîrî and e Eecronîc Revouîon,” an ap îe oday or a caper în a book on posdîgîa ar. My curren works o parîcîpaory bogar and wîkîar a mîrror e îvîng Tamud, e odes on-goîng wîkîcreaîon a spans cenurîes and conînens, conînue my exporaîons o e uman dîmensîons o new medîa. Wen ï ceckedWîkîonary, e wîkî-based open conen dîcîonary, or a deinîîon o “posdîgîa” ï ound none. So ï creaed one based upon my researc or wrîîng îs Posdîgîa Edîîon o my book. ï posed î onWîkîonaryand added î oWîkîpedîa’s enry or “Posdîgîa.” My ac o coaboraîng în e creaîon o e word’s mos acîvey used dîcîonary and encycopedîa beauîuy exempîies e posdîgîa age. Now î you ook or eWîkîonarydeinîîon, you wî ind mîne.