{"product_id":"context-providers-conditions-of-meaning-in-media-arts-9781841503080","title":"Context Providers: Conditions of Meaning in Media","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eContext Providers\u003c\/em\u003e explores the ways in which digital art and culture are challenging and changing the creative process and our ways of constructing meaning. The authors introduce the concept of artists as context providers—people who establish networks of information in a highly collaborative creative process, blurring boundaries between disciplines. Technological change has affected the function of art, the role of the artist, and the way artistic productions are shared, creating a need for flexible information filters as a framework for establishing meaning and identity. \u003cem\u003eContext Providers\u003c\/em\u003e considers the work of media artists today who are directly engaging the scientific community through collaboration, active dialogue, and creative work that challenges the scientific.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction   \u003cstrong\u003ePART ONE\u003c\/strong\u003e   Defining Conditions For Digital Arts: Social Function, Authorship, and Audience – Margot Lovejoy   Missing In Action: Agency and Meaning In Interactive Art – Kristine Stiles and Edward A. Shanken   Collaborative Systems: Redefining Public Art – Sharon Daniel   Play, Participation, and Art: Blurring the Edges – Mary Flanagan   \u003cstrong\u003ePART TWO\u003c\/strong\u003e   Contextual Networks: Data, Identity, and Collective Production – Christiane Paul   Aesthetics of Information Visualization – Warren Sack   Identity Operated In New Mode: Context and Body\/Space\/Time – Marina Gržinić   Game Engines As Creative Frameworks – Robert F. Nideffer   Mapping the Collective – Sara Diamond   \u003cstrong\u003ePART THREE \u003c\/strong\u003e   Shifting Media Contexts: When Scientific Labs Become Art Studios – Victoria Vesna   Biotechnical Art and the Ethico-Aesthetic Paradigm – Anna Munster   Working With Wetware – Ruth G. West   Defining Life: Artists Challenge Conventional Classifications – Ellen K. Levy   Art and Science Research: Active Contexts and Discourses – Jill Scott and Daniel Bisig","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042921972055,"sku":"9781841503080","price":27.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781841503080.jpg?v=1750956233","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/context-providers-conditions-of-meaning-in-media-arts-9781841503080","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}