{"product_id":"digital-dynamics-in-nordic-contemporary-art-9781783209484","title":"Digital Dynamics in Nordic Contemporary Art","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the past few decades, the Nordic region has witnessed large shifts in its political, social and international outlook. Meanwhile, its art, commonly described as introverted, contemplative and wild, is also undergoing changes. As technology embeds itself further into the contemporary art scene, there is a renewed need to examine the role of art in society and everyday life, and to consider how the digitalization of art has tackled socio-political realities, locally and in the wider world.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDigital Dynamics in Nordic Contemporary Art\u003c\/em\u003e includes a collection of testimonials from 78 artists, connected to Nordic art, who employ concepts and\/or tools relating to the digital in their practice. Their statements form the basis of the essays in Part 2, penned by leading scholars affiliated with the Nordic art context, which inquire into the digital influences on contemporary art, with particular attention paid to the national and international Nordic socio-political context.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLandscapes, nature, minimalism, melancholia – this book examines how these traditional Nordic tropes hold up in the growing field of digital contemporary art, and asks: to what extent have digital dynamics been adopted into the imaginaries and practices of Nordic artists?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ewww.digitaldynamics.art\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Rich source on \"the digital \u0026amp; the arts\" – great to explore.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- Oliver Grau, Professor for Image Science and Member of Academia Europaea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'This book achieves to forge new pathways in the studies of contemporary art by expertly balancing regional, national and international contexts for understanding Nordic artistic practice shaped by digital technologies. Short artist testimonials and chapters by seventeen experts in Nordic digital art trace the variety of influences that have been affecting the art scenes in the region. Structured around dynamics including materiality, perception and collaboration, as well as Nordic noir, political dialogues and institutions, the text provides a much needed account that links people, places, and events within a matrix of local and global influences. Digital Dynamics in Nordic Contemporary Art both provides an indispensable survey and expands the art-historical canon by exploring uncharted territories.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- Christiane Paul, Adjunct Curator of Digital Art, Whitney Museum Director\/Chief Curator, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Parsons\/The New School\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Contemporary digital culture is both global and local, or \"glocal\" as the catchword goes. The interplay of traditions and ideas matters and is necessary to explain the complexities we all are dealing with in our daily lives. This book offers a valuable contribution to the ongoing discussion by offering a Nordic perspective – or rather, perspectives: as the varied contributions show, the digital arts and cultural initiatives that originate in the Nordic countries are anything but monomanic.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- Erkki Huhtamo, Professor of Design Media Arts and Film, Television and Digital Media, UCLA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A timely introduction to the ways in which digital culture has changed art practice in the Nordic Region.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- Ina Blom, author of The Autobiography of Video. The Life and Times of a Memory Technology (2016)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'With this vast exploration of the artistic landscape, the media art compass points to a North that was not clearly mapped, revealing the political, social and aesthetic strata and their interweaving tectonics that underlies the most contemporary forms of Nordic art practices.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- Maurice Benayoun, artist and Professor at City University of Hong Kong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePart 1\u003cbr\u003e Directory \u003cbr\u003e Artist Testimonials\u003cbr\u003e On Being an Artist with the Digital\u003cbr\u003e On Digital Tools, Methods and Research Processes\u003cbr\u003e On Materiality and Behaviour in Digital Art\u003cbr\u003e On Art Between Forms and Fields\u003cbr\u003e On Perception and Art’s Experience\u003cbr\u003e On Nordic Aesthetic Conditions and Identification\u003cbr\u003e On Participatory Practices and Collaboration\u003cbr\u003e On Art and Society \u003cbr\u003e On (Alternative, Urban and Public) Spaces for Digital Art\u003cbr\u003e On Art and Representation\u003cbr\u003e On Art, Nature and Environment\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePart 2\u003cbr\u003e Dynamic Seclusion: Nordic Noir and Digital Culture\u003cbr\u003e Jonatan Habib Engqvist\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eConcretism and Danish Digital Art: New Political Dialogues from an Avant-Garde Perspective\u003cbr\u003e Jens Tang Kristensen\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Art of Instituting \u003cbr\u003e Jamie Allen and Bernhard Garnicnig\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eRepresentation, Complexity and Control: Three Aspects of Technology-Based Sonic Art\u003cbr\u003e Jøran Rudi\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eUneasy Listening: Perspectives on (Nordic) Sound Art after the Digital \u003cbr\u003e Budhaditya Chattopadhyay\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eReformulations of the ‘Natural’ World: Jana Winderen’s Sound Installation The Wanderer\u003cbr\u003e Ulla Angkjær Jørgensen\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Intertwining of the Digital and the Biological in Artistic Practice \u003cbr\u003e Laura Beloff\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn Between Worlds \u003cbr\u003e Björn Norberg\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eVirtual Worldmaking: Cultivating Digital Art Practice \u003cbr\u003e Elizabeth Jochum and Mads Deibjerg Lind\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eComputational Diffusion and Art’s Radical Rematerialization \u003cbr\u003e Tanya Toft Ag\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCritical Thoroughness: The Dynamics of the Artist as User and Producer of Digital Elements\u003cbr\u003e Mette-Marie Zacher Sørensen\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eInteractivity Dynamics \u003cbr\u003e Lorella Scacco\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhere the Inaction Is: The Politics of Digital Things and the Significance of the Lab… In the Practices of Laura Beloff, Kollision and Mogens Jacobsen\u003cbr\u003e Morten Søndergaard\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eVisions and Divides in Icelandic Contemporary Art \u003cbr\u003e Margrét Elísabet Ólafsdóttir\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDigital Dragons of the North: On Digital Dynamics and New Nature in Nordic Aesthetics\u003cbr\u003e Stahl Stenslie\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Horizons for Nordic Contemporary (Digital) Art \u003cbr\u003e Tanya Toft Ag\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042269725015,"sku":"9781783209484","price":36.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781783209484.jpg?v=1750953707","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/digital-dynamics-in-nordic-contemporary-art-9781783209484","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}