[spectre] Intermediality: Exploring Relationships in Art.

[marc garrett]

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Intermediality: Exploring Relationships in Art.

16 November 2013

Speakers Katrina Sluis, Peter Ride, Sean Cubitt & Marc Garrett

This symposium uses the term 'intermediality' - the combination of 
diverse media and references - as a point of departure to a discussion 
of the artistic appropriation of digital images and environments and 
their combination with traditional media.

Particularly, the term sets the stage for a discussion of the political 
consequences of this practice. As the media scholar Jens Schröter 
argues, they can be interpreted in two central ways. On the one hand, 
Rosalind Krauss sees intermediality as a form of 'capitulation to the 
capitalist spectacle'; on the other, it is viewed as defamiliarising 
ordinary experiences of media (McLuhan), abolishing the separation 
between art and life and pointing to the future overcoming of the 
division of labour (Higgins).

Up to what extent are traditional art historical discourses about the 
medium still relevant to analyse the use of digital images, environments 
and methods in contemporary art practices? What degrees of audience 
implication do they demand?

Curated by ICA Student Forum member Mafalda Dâmaso.

More info here
http://www.ica.org.uk/39077/Talks/Intermediality-Exploring-Relationships-in-Art.html