There’s little argument that the history of ‘media art’ is not limited to the mere deployment of specific implementations. To formulate media histories as a mere evolution of an apparatus linked with progressive notions ...

The panel consisted of the following presentations: • ‘Picturing Uncertainty: From Representation to Mental Representation’ by Barbara Stafford; • ‘Once upon a time there was a database: Database and narrative from a ...

Immersive and participative environments in this text are spaces which use computing systems to promote a state of perceptive illusion and which incite the visitor to participation stimulating and impressing sensory ...

This paper would draw on the work of al-Jazari, a 13th century Islamic scholar, engineer and scientist, specifically his The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Devices, as a means to develop alternative histories and futures ...

Are video games Art? There is certainly much creativity in the medium but little of what one could consider Fine Art. The focus of most video games is reflected in the rise of the behemoth video game corporations with an ...

In the sixteenth and seventeenth century, 'invention' often referred to a process of composition which traversed artistic, literary, and scientific fields. In the eighteenth century, the concept changed its meaning, ...

Science Studies faces new challenges in making public the societal and ethical implications of contemporary technoscience. Not only must we contend with its multidisciplinary character, and its close linkage to entrepreneurial ...

"Media Art Net": Database and Context "Media Art Net" aims at mediating and contextualizing media art online, a project edited by Rudolf Frieling and Dieter Daniels and commissioned by ZKM (Center for Art and Media), ...

In order to replace Media Art in its intercultural and historical context, the author attempts to define what characterizes it, beyond the sometimes great differences of its expressions. And what characterizes it is ...