Historical Opinion by Paulina Borsook Something about Art Paulina Borsook asks how and if written works created for the Internet differ from works created for print.
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Historical Opinion by Frieder Nake Art in the Time of the Artificial Frieder Nake looks at how information and the computer have opened up the discourse on aesthetics, reality, and the nature of art.
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Live from Mars Historical Opinion by by Eduardo Kac Eduardo Kac reflects on the landing of the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft and how this event brought telepresence to the masses.
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Contemporary Opinion by Laura Cinti The Sensorial Invisibility Of Plants: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry Through Bio Art And Plant Neurobiology Rather than reconcile the two understandings of plants discussed in the essay with a broader spectrum of experiences, my findings show that we return to the ‘Aristotelian’ position of plants. Although bio art as an ‘interaction’ [...]
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Contemporary Opinion by Michele Emmer Can Ideas and Words Be Useful? Michele Emmer looks at how war and the international police action change names but do not change the reality that that “when a person is killed, all of humanity is killed.” Historical Opinion by David Carrier Art Criticism and the Death of Marxism Looking [...]
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Historical Opinion by Herbert W. Franke The Latest Developments in Media Art Herbert W. Franke argues that the concepts of originals and “unique works” do not make sense in the age of media art. Contemporary Opinion by Joel Slayton Collaboration as Media Joel Slayton argues that the emphasis on collaboration has changed the cultural production [...]
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Contemporary Opinion ArtScience: The Essential Connection Robert Root-Bernstein introduces a column that will be to explore the essential connection of art and science in the past, present and future, with the aim of stimulating broader discussion of, and participation in, this essential connection… Historical Opinion The Fourth World: The Promises and Dangers of the World [...]