Hölling, Hanna Barbara (2017). What is the future of media art? University of California Press Blog Post University of California Press
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)“In the future, the only artwork that will survive will have no gravity at all” maintained Nam June Paik, the acclaimed father of video art, in1980. He speculated that the art of the future, once liberated from the gravity of its material, will lack a “preservable” aspect. Paik’s prophetic statement seems to reflect the reality confronted by the many institutions collecting, displaying and preserving media. But how to grapple with well-rooted paradigms of material authenticity that for centuries embodied the artwork’s value? Or, in other words, what is the future of media art?
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Newspaper or Magazine Article |
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Bern Academy of the Arts Bern Academy of the Arts > Institute Materiality in Art and Culture Bern Academy of the Arts > Institute Materiality in Art and Culture > Contemporary Art and Media |
Name: |
Hölling, Hanna Barbara 0000-0002-3063-4405 |
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N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general T Technology > T Technology (General) |
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University of California Press |
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English |
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Hanna Barbara Hölling |
Date Deposited: |
13 Sep 2023 11:36 |
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13 Sep 2023 11:36 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
#CAA2017, 9780520288904, archive, College Art Association, Hanna Holling, materiality, media art, Nam Jun Paik, preservation, Television, video art |
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https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/19866 |
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