• The transformative nature of networks within contemporary art practice

    Author(s):
    Garrett Lynch (IRL) (see profile)
    Date:
    2018
    Group(s):
    Contemporary Art, Networked Art
    Subject(s):
    Art, Modern, Twenty-first century
    Item Type:
    Thesis
    Institution:
    London South Bank University
    Tag(s):
    Networked Art, systems theory, Networks, framework, Contemporary art, Network studies
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/y96q-5z21
    Abstract:
    Since the introduction of the World Wide Web in 1991, it has had a significant impact on contemporary art. As a consequence, however, networks are almost exclusively considered as technologically determined, art produced is digital, refers to the internet and is more often than not specifically web-based. This research redefines the role of networks in contemporary art. It proposes that networks are not a specific technology that provides a means for art practice to occur but are a concept that transforms practice and enables a networked art. Networked art is a continuation of twentieth century developments in art including cybernetic art, systems aesthetics, new media art and relational aesthetics. The research discusses these and considers how practice became systemised through strategies such as the dematerialization of art as object (Lippard, 1997) and the renouncement of objecthood (Fried, 1998). Equally important is the emergence of cybernetics and systems theory that explained concepts such as process and behaviour frequently employed in art practice. By defining a network as a type of system, networked art is foremost concerned with connections or links and considers the resulting behaviours that occur. Networked art is therefore not centred on networks as form. It can adapt as technologies evolve over time and as such is considered post specific technologies and the disciplines connected with them.
    Notes:
    Thesis is listed on London South Bank University website here: http://researchopen.lsbu.ac.uk/2924/
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    Last Updated:
    5 years ago
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