I was raised on the Internet / [edited by] Omar Kholeif.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kholeif, Omar, editor.

Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Ill.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art and the Internet.

Digital electronics--Social aspects.

Digital electronics.

Physical Description:

180 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago, IL : Museum of Contemporary Art ; Munich ; New York : DelMonico Books·Prestel, 2018.

Summary:

"A speculative reader about contemporary artists engaging with digital technology. Includes essays by Michael Connor, James Bridle, Cadence Kinsey, Nina Wexelblatt, and Orit Gat and short provocations by DIS, Olia Lialina, Joanne McNeil, Monira Al Qadiri, Trevor Paglen, Simon Denny, Jeremy Bailey, Heather Phillipson, Martine Syms, Jon Thomson and Alison Craighead, Jared Quinton, Zach Blas, and Aria Dean"-- Provided by publisher.

Structured in three parts, 'I Was Raised on the Internet' features critical essays, provocations, and manifestos, as well as images of new commissions for the accompanying exhibition. The book functions independently of the exhibition as a contribution to the knowledge of art and technology studies. Esteemed authors and creative practitioners--including Monira Al Qadiri, Jeremy Bailey, Zach Blas, James Bridle, Michael Connor, Lauren Cornell, Aria Dean, Simon Denny, DIS, Orit Gat, Omar Kholeif, Cadence Kinsey, Olia Lialina, Joanne McNeil, Trevor Paglen, Heather Phillipson, Jared Quinton, Martine Syms, Jon Thomson and Alison Craighead and Nina Wexelblatt--use the book as a jumping-off point to broaden the critical debate on art that engages with continually evolving digital technologies. Exhibition: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA (23.6-14.10.2018).

Contents:

I Have Nothing to Say and I'm Saying It : Corporate Turns on the Internet / Michael Connor

Failing to distinguish between a tractor trailer and the bright white sky / James Bridle

A priori/Post hoc / Cadence Kinsey

Onto the expressway of technical images / Nina Wexelblatt

The relatable web / Orit Gat

Provocations

Thumbs that type and swipe (excerpt) 2018 / DIS

Rascal, a labrador, mochi, a pug, and other webmasters / Olia Lialina

The community of everybody and nobody / Joanne McNeil

The holy template / Monira al Qadiri

Machine realism / Trevor Paglen

Blockchain as encoded Rom Paul or equity for all? / Simon Denny

Lean artist / Jeremy Bailey

Hankering incarnate & the apocryphal sputum bath-graze / Heather Phillipson

Why you watch what you watch when you watch / Martine Syms

The internet of living things / Jon Thomson and Alison Craighead

Gay porn gifs and what they mean / Jared Quinton

In the internet a urinal? / Zach Blas

Being and continuation : An addendum / by Aria Dean.

Notes:

"This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition I Was Raised on the Internet, organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and presented in the Griffin Galleries of Contemporary Art and the Turner Gallery, June 23-October 14, 2018."

ISBN:

9783791358024

3791358022

OCLC:

1044774516