Sculpture in the augmented sphere reflections at the intersection of corporeality, plasticity, and monumentality

"Mara-Johanna Kölmel explores the profound impact of digital technologies on the field of sculpture since the 1950s. When artists create their works using AI, custom software, or prototyping technologies, how should we be rethinking the concept of sculpture? Through the works of Morehshin Allah...

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Main Author: Kölmel, Mara-Johanna, 1989- (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin De Gruyter [2025]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Mara-Johanna Kölmel explores the profound impact of digital technologies on the field of sculpture since the 1950s. When artists create their works using AI, custom software, or prototyping technologies, how should we be rethinking the concept of sculpture? Through the works of Morehshin Allahyari, Alice Channer, and Sterling Crispin, as well as an inter-generational group of artists, she examines how plasticity, corporeality, and monumentality have been transformed by the digital. Introducing concepts such as more-than-human corporeality, digital plasticity, and nomadic monumentality, the book encourages a re-evaluation of the sculptural. Systematically and transhistorically, the author connects research perspectives on sculpture and digital media, highlighting how the understanding of the sculptural has evolved into the (post-)digital age"--
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references
ISBN:9783110776881
311077688X