Diffractive Art Practices: Computation and the Messy Entanglements between Mainstream Contemporary Art, and New Media Art*

Diffractive Art Practices: Computation and the Messy Entanglements between Mainstream Contemporary Art, and New Media Art

We engage with Karen Barad’s notion of diffraction (2007) to re-evaluate the relations between mainstream contemporary art (MCA) and new media art (NMA)1 that have been discussed for many years as part of a somewhat contentious debate. Our diffractive reading highlights both large and small but consequential differences between these art practices. We do not smooth over the tensions highlighted...

Critique of Research Books (Art)/ The Art Economics of Art: A Look at Contemporary Art Economics; Markets, Strategies, and the Star-making Systems, Marzieh Eftekhari

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Modernism in Iranian Art: A Review of Investigating the Contemporary Iranian Art, Masoomeh Babajani and Seyyed Saeed Ahmadi Zavieh

Modernism in Iranian Art: A Review of Investigating the Contemporary Iranian Art Masoumeh Babajani  Master of Science in Arts Research [email protected]   Seyyed Saeed Ahmadizavieh  Faculty Member of the University of Art [email protected]   Abstract   Investigating the Contemporary Iranian Art is an attempt for a systematic analysis of Iranian art, culture and society, which h...

New Media in Art Education

The goal of this paper is to present new media in the specialized visual art classroom (art education classroom). Flexibility, speed, availability, changeability of digital data is what makes new media necessary in the specialized visual art classroom. The media, considering the specific nature of the subject called visual art, can be divided in two types: learning media and articulation (creat...