Speculative Scenarios, or what will happen to born-digital art in the (near) future?
Edited by Annet Dekker
Baltan Laboratories announces Speculative Scenarios, or what will happen to digital art in the (near) future? a new publication, edited by Annet Dekker. Taking some of the discussions and conclusions of the conference ‘Collecting and Presenting Born-Digital Art’ (December 2012) as points of departure, the publication takes a closer look at different scenarios for digital art in the future.
There is a growing understanding of the use of technological tools for dissemination or mediation in the museum, but artistic experiences that are facilitated by new technologies are less familiar. Whereas the artworks’ presentation equipment becomes obsolete and software updates change settings and data feeds that are used in artworks, the language and theory relating to these works is still being formulated. To better produce, present and preserve digital works, an understanding of their history and the material is required to undertake any in-depth inquiry into the subject. In an attempt to fill some gaps the authors in this publication discuss digital aesthetics, the notion of the archive and the function of social memory. These essays and interviews are punctuated by three future scenarios in which the authors speculate on the role and function of digital arts, artists and art organisations.
With contributions by Christiane Berndes (Van Abbemuseum), Sarah Cook (CRUMB), Annet Dekker (aaaan.net), Sandra Fauconnier (Museum Boijmans van Beuningen), Olga Goriunova (University of Warwick), Jussi Parikka (University of Southampton), Christiane Paul (Whitney Museum), Richard Rinehart (Samek Art Gallery), Edward Shanken (DXARTS University of Washington), Jill Sterrett (SFMOMA), Nina Wenhart (independent researcher), Layna White (SFMOMA).
To read the online version on ISSUU follow this link:
http://issuu.com/baltanlaboratories/docs/speculativescenarios_issuu
The book will be available in October and can be obtained through the Baltan Laboratories website.
Thanks to Eindhoven City Council, Virtueel Platform/The New Institute.