Nov 30, 2021Artificial Aesthetics, Chapter 1: “Even an AI could do that”Lev Manovich and Emanuele Arielli, Artificial Aesthetics: A Critical Guide to AI, Media and Design, 2021. The complete book is released one chapter at a time on manovich.net, academia.edu, and medium.com. Book Preface Suppose you are a designer, an architect, a photographer, a video maker, a musician, a writer, an…Artificial Intelligence23 min readArtificial Intelligence23 min read
Nov 24, 2021Indeterminacy, Score, and Performance in Media ArtMy text about Halo installation by Kimchi & Chips shown at National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, summer 2021. Only mediocre works of art have verbal “meanings.” The best ones do not. They need to be experienced. …Media Art7 min readMedia Art7 min read
Nov 15, 2021Seeing TimeIn 2009 we found that Time magazine put online covers of all its issues. We downloaded the covers and explored ways to visualize them…Data Visualization4 min readData Visualization4 min read
Nov 3, 2021Museums and MetaverseMuseums and Metaverse My presentation at the symposium organized by National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), September 2021. When we think about and discuss today future of cultural and social institutions such as universities, libraries, performing art spaces, or museums, such discussions almost always evoke latest digital…Museums And The Web4 min readMuseums And The Web4 min read
Oct 23, 2021What Do Images Do?I am gradually realizing that we don’t know what really happens when we look at photographs, or other images. Semiotics treats images as signs. Humanities and media studies often only pay attention to their semantics — focusing on meanings and interpretations of their “content.” Experimental psychology of art and philosophy…Visual Culture2 min readVisual Culture2 min read