Process art

The continuously growing popularity of the so-called "new media art" calls for a critical reflection upon the driving force which exists behind all incarnations of this new art form: software. Every artwork which uses software as its controlling mechanism will never reach its definitive form, but is, due to the ungraspable nature of software, in a constant flux.  As an expressive medium, software can and must be used to communicate: Upcoming phenomena like Live Coding performances provide a clear indication for this.  Regarding the collaborative nature of software, the rise of opensource cultures in the arts raises novel questions about authorship: new licensing paradigms should be implemented on a wider scale to guarantee a work's continued existence. Finally, the generative nature of software is regarded as an indicator for how the control of the creative process can be delegated, in an act of ultimate interpassivity.

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Op deze pagina bevindt zich het paper "Process art: software als leidraad voor nieuwe-mediakunst", het afstudeer-paper van Arjan Scherpenisse voor de Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam. Juli 2009.

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