Entropy and Digital Installation
This paper examines entropy as a process which introduces ideas of distributed materiality to digital installation. Beginning from an analysis of entropy as both force and probability measure within information theory and it’s extension in Ruldof Arnheim’s text ‘Entropy and Art” it develops an argum...
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Open Humanities Press
2005-01-01
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| description | This paper examines entropy as a process which introduces ideas of distributed materiality to digital installation. Beginning from an analysis of entropy as both force and probability measure within information theory and it’s extension in Ruldof Arnheim’s text ‘Entropy and Art” it develops an argument for the positive rather thannegative forces of entropy. The paper centres on a discussion of two recent works by New Zealand artists Ronnie van Hout (“On the Run”, Wellington City Gallery, NZ, 2004) and Alex Monteith (“Invisible Cities”, Physics Room Contemporary Art Space, Christchurch, NZ, 2004). Ballard suggests that entropy, rather than being a hindrance to understanding or a random chaotic force, discloses a necessary and material politics of noise present in digital installation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-40f105ad7eb441c29180a27e42f484cc2022-12-21T18:58:43ZengOpen Humanities PressFibreculture Journal1449-14432005-01-017Entropy and Digital InstallationSusan BallardThis paper examines entropy as a process which introduces ideas of distributed materiality to digital installation. Beginning from an analysis of entropy as both force and probability measure within information theory and it’s extension in Ruldof Arnheim’s text ‘Entropy and Art” it develops an argument for the positive rather thannegative forces of entropy. The paper centres on a discussion of two recent works by New Zealand artists Ronnie van Hout (“On the Run”, Wellington City Gallery, NZ, 2004) and Alex Monteith (“Invisible Cities”, Physics Room Contemporary Art Space, Christchurch, NZ, 2004). Ballard suggests that entropy, rather than being a hindrance to understanding or a random chaotic force, discloses a necessary and material politics of noise present in digital installation.http://seven.fibreculturejournal.org/fcj-046-entropy-and-digital-installation/distributed aestheticsdigital installationsentropy and art |
| spellingShingle | Susan Ballard Entropy and Digital Installation Fibreculture Journal distributed aesthetics digital installations entropy and art |
| title | Entropy and Digital Installation |
| title_full | Entropy and Digital Installation |
| title_fullStr | Entropy and Digital Installation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Entropy and Digital Installation |
| title_short | Entropy and Digital Installation |
| title_sort | entropy and digital installation |
| topic | distributed aesthetics digital installations entropy and art |
| url | http://seven.fibreculturejournal.org/fcj-046-entropy-and-digital-installation/ |
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