Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Media archaeology and art intersect in many compelling ways, creating a rich tapestry of interaction that provides unique opportunities to explore, reinterpret, and reinvent media technologies through the lens of historical and contemporary practices.With its focus on uncovering, analyzing, and re-contextualizing forgotten, obsolete, and overlooked media technologies, media archaeology offers artists a wide repository of materials and ideas.Artists repurpose and remake old and new technologies in parallel lines, and their works can provide fresh perspectives on the present by reflecting on the past.By delving into the past and its discarded technologies, media archaeological art uncovers the layers and trajectories that have influenced modern media landscapes.This excavation not only brings to light the hidden histories of media evolution but also generates alternative narratives to our contemporary media consumption and technological determinism.Art contributes to media archaeology by materializing theoretical concepts and historical insights into tangible forms.Art's use of media archaeological techniques and approaches breathes new life into our understanding of historical media forms, reevaluating their cultural and technological impacts in the present time.Artists interpret the findings of media archaeology, transforming them into visual, auditory, and interactive experiences that communicate complex
Author: Maryam Muliaee
Institution: University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Language: English
Topic: Art, Technology, and Culture
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4412976405