Perspectives on digital computational systems as aesthetic artifacts

  • Luísa Ribas ID+ / Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7559/citarj.v6i1.127
Keywords: Digital, Computational, Art, Design, Aesthetics, Models, Frameworks.

Abstract

This paper addresses the study of digital computational systems as aesthetic artifacts seeking to provide instruments for their analysis and critical understanding. What this aim implies is the need to articulate complementary perspectives for considering not only their specificity as digital computational (software-driven) systems, but also the different aesthetic intents that drive the creation of these artifacts, as well as the kinds of experience they propose. This approach entails articulating the viewpoint of their creation or poetics with the viewpoint of their experience or aesthetics, while tackling into their enacted processes. Accordingly, this paper discusses concepts, models and frameworks that not only argue on the distinctive processual nature of these systems, but also stress the interdependency of views on their principles, mechanics and experience.

Author Biography

Luísa Ribas, ID+ / Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Luísa Ribas holds a PhD in Art & Design (2012), a Master in Multimedia Art (2002) and a Degree in Communication Design (1996) from FBAUP (Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto). She is a member of ID+ (Research Institute for Design, Media and Culture), researching sound-image relations and audiovisuality in digital interactive systems, having contributed to several international events and publications with articles on digital art and design. As a professor at FBAUL (Faculty of Fine-Arts, University of Lisbon) she teaches Communication Design, with a focus on print and digital computational media, namely in the domains of editorial design and audiovisuality, and is currently the scientific coordinator of the Master in Communication Design and New Media.

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Published
2014-12-30
Issue
Vol 6 No 1 (2014): Volume 6 - Number 1, 2014 (Special Issue)
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Articles

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