The Engagement Aesthetic
eBook - PDF

The Engagement Aesthetic

Experiencing New Media Art through Critique

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Engagement Aesthetic

Experiencing New Media Art through Critique

About this book

Long after painting, sculpture, photography, and film developed along with their materials - canvas and panel, marble and bronze, and celluloid film - a new generation of art has emerged in which digital, electronic, architectural, and performative materials have offered new forms for creative expression and experience. In much of this new art, the medium - no longer composed of passive materials - now embraces and challenges viewers to work as co-creators of aesthetic experience. Starting from the impossibility of understanding this new and complex art solely within the framework of contemporary art history and criticism, The Engagement Aesthetic offers new modes of critique for new media works of art, literature, and performance that operate in complex ways. Blending a range of methodologies from phenomenology, art history, linguistics, and statistical analysis, Ricardo explores how a new kinship between individual participation, electronic media, virtual and actual space, and mediated language results in a new aesthetic of mutual engagement.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, you can cancel anytime from the Subscription tab in your account settings on the Perlego website. Your subscription will stay active until the end of your current billing period. Learn how to cancel your subscription.
No, books cannot be downloaded as external files, such as PDFs, for use outside of Perlego. However, you can download books within the Perlego app for offline reading on mobile or tablet. Learn more here.
Perlego offers two plans: Essential and Complete
  • Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
  • Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
Both plans are available with monthly, semester, or annual billing cycles.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes! You can use the Perlego app on both iOS or Android devices to read anytime, anywhere — even offline. Perfect for commutes or when you’re on the go.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Yes, you can access The Engagement Aesthetic by Francisco J. Ricardo in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Art General. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9781623560409
eBook ISBN
9781623569617
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Art General
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. FC
  2. Half title
  3. International Texts in Critical Media Aesthetics
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. 1 The engagement aesthetic-An introduction
  8. 2 Engagement as subjective system in electronic art
  9. 3 Transmodal engagement-Multiple media in singular works
  10. 4 Engagement as media metonymy-The aural as visual
  11. 5 Projective engagement-Transcending the modernist grid
  12. 6 Engagement from objecthood to processhood
  13. 7 Engagement in virtual and actual gallery space
  14. 8 Non-local engagement-The aura of the distributed moment
  15. 9 Engagement as spatial chronotope-Electronic art and the public sphere
  16. 10 Engagement across space and structure in post-architecture
  17. 11 Performative engagement-Dance with projective images
  18. 12 Engagement as performed intimacy-Depicting part-object desire, visually
  19. 13 Engagement as post-literary mechanism, an historical argument
  20. 14 Engagement as post-literary mechanism, from exposition to reflexivity
  21. 15 Engagement as comparative communication-Formalisms of digital text
  22. 16 Engagement across shifting beliefs: Shamanism, Turing, and ELIZA
  23. Appendix
  24. Notes
  25. Bibliography
  26. Index