Curating Immateriality : The Work of the Curator in the Age of Network Systems

by Krysa, Joasia

• ISBN13: 9781570271731
• ISBN10: 1570271739
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-09
• Publisher: A K Pr Distribution

Summary

This is the third book in the DATA Browser series of critical texts that explore issues at the intersection of culture and technology.*BR**BR*The site of curatorial production has been expanded to include the space of the Internet and the focus of curatorial attention has been extended from the object to dynamic network systems. As a result, curatorial work has become more widely distributed between multiple agents, including technological networks and software. This upgraded "operating system" of art presents new possibilities for online curating -- even to the extreme of a self-organising system that curates itself. The curator is part of this entire system but not central to it.*BR**BR*This book explores the role of the curator in the face of these changes.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
Of Sense and Sensibility: Immaterial Labour in Open Systems	p. 27
Twilight of the Widgets	p. 39
Extract from Kurator Source Code	p. 63
Software Actions	p. 69
Flexible Contexts, Democratic Filtering and Computer-Aided Curating	p. 81
'C@C': Computer-Aided Curating (1993-1995) Revisited	p. 103
Conceptual Transformations of Art	p. 113
Unassignable Leakage	p. 137
Biennale.Py - 0100101110101101.Org & [epidemiC]	p. 149
On Misanthropy	p. 153
Annotations on 'I Love You' by Digitalcraft.Org	p. 171
Net Art Locator	p. 181
The Participatory Challenge	p. 189
Edits from a Crumb Discussion List Theme	p. 209
An Inventory of Media Art Festivals	p. 223
From Art on Networks to Art on Platforms	p. 237
Cultural Labour and Immaterial Machines	p. 267
Notes on Contributors	p. 279
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