From Visuality as Proof to an Expanded Perception: Technological Art as Modeler of Knowledge.

Authors

  • Josu Rekalde Izagirre Universidad del País Vasco - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
Keywords: Art & technology, expanded perception, Interfaces, contemporary artistic practices, models for a constitution of the world.

Abstract

We understand the field of contemporary art as a privileged laboratory where we can experiment with new relations between art, science and technology. Far from the imitative registry of a visual reality which impregnated classical painting and sculpture, contemporary art has jumped to a register which includes all physical and mental perceptions.
In this article we seek to question the excessive importance given to the perceptive channel of vision in the models of representation that explain the real world, and how with the help of technology based on expanded perception we can move towards models which put forward another version of the world. We start with the contemporary artistic practices that use technology to go beyond the visual representation, opening a space where new cognitive horizons merge. The article shifts away from the idea of technical-scientific progress as a blind rush towards the future, and joins up with the artistic practices developed in the current technological context to propose models for a constitution of the world.

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How to Cite
Rekalde Izagirre, J. (2013). From Visuality as Proof to an Expanded Perception: Technological Art as Modeler of Knowledge. Art and Identity Policies, 9, 23–36. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/reapi/article/view/191801
Issue
Vol. 9 (2013): Imagen multimedia, contextos expandidos y realidad virtual
Section
Articles

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