Michael Bielicky Perpetuum mobile

by Bielicky, Michael; Alexenberg, Mel; Klein, Norman M.; Weibel, Peter; Sklenár, Galerie Zdenek; Zielinski, Siegfried; Sloterdijk, Peter; Korintenberg, Bettina; Torres, Jorge Fernández

• ISBN13: 9783969120286
• ISBN10: 3969120284
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2022-12-01
• Publisher: DCV

Summary

The German-Czech artist Michael Bielicky (b. Prague, 1954; lives and works in Karlsruhe) has been an innovator in the fields of photography, video, and web-based installation art for over four decades. In an ongoing dialogue with emerging technological developments, his works probe the history of his media from the deepest strata to the magical mathematical practices of the medieval Cabalists: idiosyncratic hybrids that straddle the boundary between the analog and digital worlds. Operating on the interfaces between real and virtual spaces, his media art prompts a critical reflection on the nature of technology, its material and immaterial significations, and the ways in which it informs our perceptions and actions. The book Perpetuum mobile is the first to offer a comprehensive survey of Bielicky’ s rich and diverse oeuvre. The layout, designed by the artist himself, integrates the experimental images into a graphic “ stream of consciousness.” With essays by Mel Alexenberg, Jorge Ferná ndez Torres, Norman M. Klein, Bettina Korintenberg, Peter Sloterdijk, Peter Weibel, and Siegfried Zielinski.

Author Biography

Michael Bielicky is a media artist and professor for Media Art at the University of Art and Design Karlsruhe / ZKM, Germany. Mel Alexenberg is an artist, educator, writer and blogger working at the interface between art, science, technology and culture. Norman Klein is a critic, urban and media historian, and novelist. Born in Odessa in 1944, Peter Weibel studied literature, medicine, logic, philosophy, and film in Paris and Vienna. He became a central figure in European media art on account of his various activities as artist, media theorist, curator, and as a nomad between art and science. Zdenek Sklená r Gallery - exhibitions with top Czech modern and contemporary art, in the inspiring environment of Schö nkirch Palace. Siegfried Zielinski is a German media theorist. He held the chair for Media Theory: Archaeology and Variantology of the Media at Berlin University of the Arts. Peter Sloterdijk is a German philosopher and cultural theorist. He is a professor of philosophy and media theory at the University of Art and Design Karlsruhe. Bettina Korintenberg is a cultural studies scholar whose work focuses on the areas where art, architecture, and literature intersect. Curator Jorge Ferná ndez Torres was director of the 11th and 12th iterations of the Bienal de La Habana, in 2012 and 2015.