On Remembering a Post-Digital Future
We have always been post-digital or at least I cannot recall a time when art wasn’t? To claim this is surely ridiculous, as the post condition demands the prior instantiation of a digital state that purportedly did not begin until the mid 1970s. Yet if, for a moment, we entertain the idea that art...
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We have always been post-digital or at least I cannot recall a time when art wasn’t? To claim this is surely ridiculous, as the post condition demands the prior instantiation of a digital state that purportedly did not begin until the mid 1970s. Yet if, for a moment, we entertain the idea that art has always been post-digital, in what way might this make sense? How might this enable a re-reading of pre-digital practices and inform our understanding of future post-digital practice?
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| spelling | doaj.art-386e03da16784b8eb9c87fcd56082ced2023-10-04T12:49:10ZengDigital Aesthetics Research CenerA Peer-Reviewed Journal About2245-77552014-06-013110.7146/aprja.v3i1.116094On Remembering a Post-Digital FutureJames Charlton We have always been post-digital or at least I cannot recall a time when art wasn’t? To claim this is surely ridiculous, as the post condition demands the prior instantiation of a digital state that purportedly did not begin until the mid 1970s. Yet if, for a moment, we entertain the idea that art has always been post-digital, in what way might this make sense? How might this enable a re-reading of pre-digital practices and inform our understanding of future post-digital practice? https://aprja.net//article/view/116094 |
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