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Genealogies of the New Aesthetic

October 11, 2017

Christiane Paul and Malcolm Levy

Whether or not you believe in the theoretical and art-historical value of the concept of a New Aesthetic – and the related buzz surrounding the labels of post-digital, post-Internet, post-medium – their rapid spread throughout art networks testifies to a need for terminologies that capture a certain condition of cultural and artistic practice in the early 21st century … More Genealogies of the New Aesthetic

Put It On Your Face

October 4, 2017

I remember using a View-Master toy as a child. I can recall being in kindergarten and holding the red plastic viewer to my face, and looking at a forest. My memory is decidedly not of the illusionistic sense of depth achieved via stereoscopy. In fact my first association with these toys is their object-ness, not … More Put It On Your Face

2017-18 Viralnet Research Fellow – Tyler Calkin

September 8, 2017

Tyler Calkin is an interdisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles. His work has been exhibited and performed in art and educational institutions around the world, including Cercle Blanc Gallery in Berlin, studio1.1 in London, Tsinghua University in Beijing, KUArt in Nepal, Tec de Monterrey in Mexico, Centre for the Living Arts in Mobile, AL, and … More 2017-18 Viralnet Research Fellow – Tyler Calkin

Imagining Tellus # 28: Heard in LA

August 16, 2017

A speculative audiocassette: an archaeological artifact of the present. Not available through subscription or purchase, for educational use only. … More Imagining Tellus # 28: Heard in LA

it’s more how I expected it to be than I expected that it would be.

July 11, 2017

Jacob Goldman

Participants were asked to try to describe the sound of their own voices as they speak, so that what’s describing is what’s being described and vice versa. … More it’s more how I expected it to be than I expected that it would be.

Interview with The Rational Dress Society

April 21, 2017

Dan Bustillo

The following is an interview by Dan Bustillo with Abigail Glaum-Lathbury and Maura Brewer, who founded the Rational Dress Society. Together, they developed JUMPSUIT, which is an ungendered monogarment, available pre-made or as an open-source pattern, with a sizing system that accommodates up to 200 body types. … More Interview with The Rational Dress Society

Networked Studio Project

April 21, 2017

“An artist’s studio should be a small space because small rooms discipline the mind and large ones distract it.”

—Leonardo da Vinci … More Networked Studio Project

Interview with Mary Mattingly and Mark Shepard

April 21, 2017

Mary Mattingly and Mark Shepard

Mary Mattingly engaged Mark Shepard in a conversation over Skype about their works in progress on January 16, 2015. On that date, Mattingly was based in Miami and Shepard was in Germany. They talk about Shepard’s “False Positive”, “Sentient City”, and Mattingly’s “Swale”. … More Interview with Mary Mattingly and Mark Shepard

An Interview with Chris Bassett on NIKE: Los Angeles Defense Area

April 21, 2017

Tyler Calkin and Chris Bassett

This project actually started as a bicycle ride connecting several of the sites along Santa Clara Divide Road (3N17). It worked out to 120+ miles if I recall correctly. After trying it out, I decided that it would make for a better photo series than a set of directions. The ride/hike was just too long and difficult for more than a few people to get the experience. … More An Interview with Chris Bassett on NIKE: Los Angeles Defense Area

“It’s not a joke!” Bio-art and the aesthetics of humour

January 10, 2017

Isabel De Sena Cortabitarte

In this paper I assert that in bio-art, the use of humour as a rhetorical tool holds the potential to bring ambiguous, non-normative perspectives into ethical questions that arise from developments in the life sciences (that field concerned with the study of living organisms and the advancement of life-altering interventions, such as bioengineering and genetic manipulation). … More “It’s not a joke!” Bio-art and the aesthetics of humour