Authenticity? : observations and artistic strategies in the post-digital age /

The everyday connotations of the original, the real, sincere, valid, historical or deep are well-known, and the opposite of the authentic may then be the superficial, false, not-what-it-seems, or just new. Nonetheless 'the real thing' presents us with some productive ambiguities that creat...

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Group Author: Cueto, Barbara, 1986; Hendrikx, Bas, 1986
Published: Valiz,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Making public
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Summary: The everyday connotations of the original, the real, sincere, valid, historical or deep are well-known, and the opposite of the authentic may then be the superficial, false, not-what-it-seems, or just new. Nonetheless 'the real thing' presents us with some productive ambiguities that create a point of departure for an analysis and a better understanding of the changes in the post-digital society. Digital technology is embedded in almost every personal relationship, in labour conditions, and in aesthetic practices. What does this mean for the 'authentic'? To unfold the nuances of the concept
Item Description: "This publication is connected to the Impakt Festival 2016: Authenticity?"--Colophon.
Carrier Form: 160 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9789492095237
9492095238
Index Number: N70
CLC: J0-02
Call Number: J0-02/A939
Contents: Contraction and expansion /
Mass authentic /
The miracle-industrial complex /
Image explosion /
Against the novelty of new media : the resuscitation of the authentic /
Digital provenance and the work of art as derivative /
Methods of representation /
Achieving agency in the face of technology : interview with Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst /
Trap of identity and delusion of truth /