Synopses & Reviews
Dedicated to the blind spots of globalization, to those mental and geographic barriers beyond which access to and participation in global networking--and the cultural and societal models that come with it--are not feasible, not allowed, or simply not wanted, the catalog for Ars Electronica 2002, the Festival for the Arts, Technology, and Society, features selected texts and exemplary projects pinpointing the vehemence with which the political momentum of art has returned to the agendas of intellectual discourse and the practice of art itself.
Synopsis
"Unplugged focuses on the blind spots of globalization, those barriers of a mental and geographic nature that make getting connected to and taking part in this process of global networking impossible, illicit or even unwelcome. Selected texts and exemplary projects will raise issues and discuss questions dealing with art as the scene of global conflicts and the political aspects of art. The catalog accompanying Ars Electronica 2002 not only contains theoretical contributions but also presents positions of a young generation of media artists, and examines their consciousness of the problems confronting them.
Synopsis
Text by Iba Ndiaye Diadji, Birama Diallo, Peter Fend, Lisa Goldman, Joichi Ito, Mike Jensen, Michel Mavros, Phillippe Quaau, Saskia Sassen, Jennifer Sibanda, Oumou Sy, Oliviero Toscani, Aminata Traora, Hou Hanru.