Relational art or relational aesthetics is "a set of artistic practices which take as their theoretical and practical point of departure the whole of human relations and their social context, rather than an independent and private space." French author Nicolas Bourriard makes the first attempt at understanding the artists who practiced relational aesthetics in the 1990s, among them Carsten Holler, who fits the definition quite well. As the NY Times said of his exhibit at the New Museum, Holler's art is directed at "the humans who consent to participate in his thoroughly subjective experiments, which stand science on its head, yielding results for the sake of the test subject rather than that of the tester."
2. Eric Rosenthal
Mr. Rosenthal is an adjunct professor at NYU who specializes in imaging technology. He worked for a long time at ABC, where he made sure the network was keeping up with the latest state-of-the-art facilities, engineering, lighting, etc. Today, he's working on a project with his company to develop a "full-spectrum imaging sensor and display."
3. Post-Digital
The basic premise of "post-digital" is that the digital "revolution" is over, and that now digital technology is no longer a novelty, but rather an inevitable and ordinary part of the human experience, particularly when it comes to artistic expression. Post-digital thinking does not contend that we are in a phase of life after digital, but rather it aims to explore what life is like now that we are fully integrated with it.
Breathtaking quote from this blog post by Russel Davies : "There are a lot of people around now who have thoroughly integrated 'digitalness' into their lives. To the extent that it makes as much sense to define them as digital as it does to define them as air-breathing." The point of the article is for Davies to outline points he made in a recent presentation with post-digital ideas at the center. His most interesting point for me were that people are no longer impressed by things on screens, and that instead people are looking to see technology integrated into everyday objects. An excellent example was a small chip in the back of a book, which, when activated, would allow you to hear the book read aloud.
The Guardian's Simon Jenkins argues that "live experience" is in and "digital" fetishism is out. He gives music, politics, and museums as examples. A possible explanation? "It is possible that people who spend all day online yearn to escape a screen at evenings and weekends" I think that's a very good idea. Also likely is this explanation: people are having trouble making money off online experiences. Finally, I think Jenkins very aptly summarizes post-digital this way: "Post-digital is not anti-digital. It extends digital into the beyond. "
The Journal of Media Practice Symposium 2011 was a "one-day symposium [that] explored how digital technologies have redefined creativity and media practice within the academy." Essentially it was a summit on "post-digital."
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