Date of Award
Spring 5-20-2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Art
First Advisor
Constance DeJong
Second Advisor
Grayson Earle
Academic Program Adviser
Carrie Moyer
Abstract
Building on common definitions of terms such as machine, human, and code, this paper presents a strategy for an art practice that engages with data that has been processed and the processor as actor or character. Material is presented in such a way that rules, guidelines, logic, code, coherence may be viewed as tools to be employed for the use of obtaining and retaining power and control. Presenting digital technologies not only as a mediating force upon physical bodies but also a part of those bodies, and, furthermore, as abject and thus positioned outside an ideological structure of consumer technology, an artistic practice is proposed where humans and machines are undifferentiated and prepared to challenge techno-corporate ideologies.
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Carter D., "rror" (2018). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/337
Included in
Audio Arts and Acoustics Commons, Book and Paper Commons, Graphic Design Commons, Interdisciplinary Arts and Media Commons
Comments
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