Art as we know it is dramatically changing, but popular and
critical responses lag behind. In this trenchant illustrated essay,
David Joselit describes how art and architecture are being
transformed in the age of Google. Under the dual pressures of
digital technology, which allows images to be reformatted and
disseminated effortlessly, and the exponential acceleration of
cultural exchange enabled by globalization, artists and architects
are emphasizing networks as never before. Some of the most
interesting contemporary work in both fields is now based on
visualizing patterns of dissemination after objects and structures
are produced, and after they enter into, and even establish,
diverse networks. Behaving like human search engines, artists and
architects sort, capture, and reformat existing content. Works of
art crystallize out of populations of images, and buildings emerge
out of the dynamics of the circulation patterns they will
house.
Examining the work of architectural firms such as OMA, Reiser +
Umemoto, and Foreign Office, as well as the art of Matthew Barney,
Ai Weiwei, Sherrie Levine, and many others, "After Art" provides a
compelling and original theory of art and architecture in the age
of global networks.
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