Cohen, Kris
Never Alone, Except for Now: Art, Networks, Populations
- ISBN 13:
- 9780822369400
- author:
- Cohen, Kris
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Duke University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 216
- Dimensions:
- 22.61 x 15.49 x 1.52 centimetres
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Media Studies
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Kris Cohen explores how contemporary technologies are changing group formations and affiliations within social life. He examines a new form of collectivity that exists between publics, built through conscious acts, and populations, automatically constructed through the collection of Big Data. Cohen places familiar features of the web, such as emoticons, trolling, and search engines, in conversation with artworks to more precisely articulate the affective and aesthetic experiences of living between publics and populations. This liminal experience, caught between existing as a set of data points and as individuals newly empowered to create their own online communities, is at the heart of his argument. By considering both the digital and artistic aspects of contemporary sociality, Cohen sheds light on how one can be simultaneously alone and connected in ways never before possible.
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