Hoelscher, Jason A.

Art as Information Ecology: Artworks, Artworlds, and Complex Systems Aesthetics (Thought in the ACT)

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ISBN 13:
9781478014386
author:
Hoelscher, Jason A.
format:
Paperback / softback
publisher:
Duke University Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2021
Pages:
296
Dimensions:
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 centimetres (0
Genre:
Arts & Photography, Art, Criticism,
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 10 working days
£20.20

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Art as Information Ecology: Artworks, Artworlds, and Complex Systems Aesthetics by Jason A. Hoelscher offers a new perspective on the role of art in information theory. Hoelscher proposes that art is information in its aesthetic or indeterminate mode, where the focus is on questions and sustained difference rather than answers and resolvability. This approach reveals how art can constitute information that remains in formation, fueling the richness of aesthetic experience. By examining the works of various artists, including Frank Stella, Robert Morris, and Eva Hesse, Hoelscher demonstrates how art exists within an information ecology of complex feedback between the artwork and the artworld. This feedback is driven by the unfolding of difference, which creates a dynamic system that continues to differ and make a difference. Hoelscher's work reconceives our understanding of how artworks work and how information operates, moving beyond traditional notions of quantifiable and monetizable forms.

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