DIGITAL SYNESTHESIA. A Philosophy of Digital Art
by kg
December 11, 2013, 4.00 p.m., MAK Exhibition Hall
In the context of the exhibition ‘out of the box. 10 Questions about Artistic Research’ at MAK Museum of Applied Arts Vienna Katharina Gsöllpointner & Romana Schuler hold a lecture about the syn-aesthetic conditions of digital art.
Exhibition view 'out of the box. 10 Questions about Artistic Research' w/ Ruth Schnell's light installation 'Floating Signs 2' Photo: kainz
What does the concept of ‘digital synesthesia’ mean? Is all digital art basically synaesthetic? Can even all media related art be called synaesthetic art? In their talk Katharina Gsöllpointner and Romana Schuler introduce the most important concepts of synesthesia and connect them to historical and contemporary works of media and perception-related art.