After art
Subtitle: the object in networks
By: David Joselit
Series: Point
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9780691150444
Subjects: Art and society; Art; Psychology
Description: "Art as we know it is dramatically changing, but popular and critical responses lag behind. In this trenchant illustrated essay, David Joselit describes how art and architecture are being transformed in the age of Google. Under the dual pressures of digital technology, which allows images to be reformatted and disseminated effortlessly, and the exponential acceleration of cultural exchange enabled by globalization, artists and architects are emphasizing networks as never before. Some of the most interesting contemporary work in both fields is now based on visualizing patterns of dissemination after objects and structures are produced, and after they enter into, and even establish, diverse networks. Behaving like human search engines, artists and architects sort, capture, and reformat existing content. Works of art crystallize out of populations of images, and buildings emerge out of the dynamics of the circulation patterns they will house."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.