“Permeability and Media Art” presented by Daniels and Langill
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Session Title:
- Reimagining Media (short papers)
Presentation Title:
- Permeability and Media Art
Presentation Subtheme:
- Shifting temporalities
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Abstract:
This paper serves as a proposition for an alternate taxonomy regarding systems and media practices. With the digital no longer an adequate term for describing the specificities of media art, we briefly track the histories of various nomenclature with respect to their characteristics. Drawing on a biological metaphor of the living cell membrane we pay particular attention to systems and systems art and suggest an inclusive approach to the specificities of art that sits across numerous classifications. Open and closed systems are recognized as offering a broader approach; however, we see these as embedded in particular chronologies and disciplines. Our proposal is that the term permeability is more descriptive of the breadth of practices that fall into the media art category, and in fact this nomenclature may be applied to all art forms.
