Performing beauty in participatory art and culture / Falk Heinrich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heinrich, Falk.

Series:

Routledge advances in art and visual studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Philosophy.

Art.

Interactive art.

New media art.

Physical Description:

x, 219 pages ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2014.

Summary:

"This book investigates the notion of beauty in participatory art, an interdisciplinary form which necessitates the audience's participation, as often seen in interactive art and technology-driven media installations.Taking into consideration established theories of beauty from Plato, Hume, Kant, Mothersill, and Gadamer, Heinrich argues that the experience of beauty in participatory art demands a revised notion of beauty that accounts for the performative and ludic turn within various art forms and, in a broader sense, within a technology-saturated culture. Through case studies of participatory art, he provides an art-theoretical approach to rewriting the notion of beauty.These findings are applied to a broader context of media and design artefacts and testify to ongoing changes in our general understanding of beauty"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

On the Ambiguity of the Notion of Beauty

Technology-Unity and Distinctions

To Do-On the Beauty of Proprioception

To Act-On the Beauty of Interaction

To Perform-On Beauty as Realization

The Beauty of Acts

Beauty in a Participatory Culture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415745291

0415745292

OCLC:

863077789