「虛擬性與民主時代的藝術評論」－－2018國際藝評人協會台北世界年會會議論文集
ArtCriticismintheageofVirtualityandDemocracy
TheCongressThemeaddressessomekeyissuesconcerningtheroleofartcriticismrelatedtothenewtendencies.
Firstly,thevirtualisnottheoppositeofrealitybutratheranincreasingpartofourreality.Presently,communities,socialrelations,everydaylife,thebody,andevenbiologicallifeareintheprocessesofmassvirtualization.Lifeitselfhasbeensupposedasanalgorithm,AIasabrainwithoutbody,whilespace-time’srelationshipisvirtualizedinVRtechnology.Avirtualenterpriseneednolongerconveneitsemployeesonsite,butrathercandelegateworktobedoneremotely,thusre-articulatingthetime-spacerelationshipofitsworkers.
Secondly,ifwemakeanobservationofalongerduration,thereseemstobeanunquestionableexpansionofdemocracywhichcanbeconfirmedbythedemocratictransitionsbeginninginthemid-1970s,whichspanfromLatinAmericatoTaiwanandSouthKorea,throughtheendofthecoldwar,andtofollowingtransitionsinEasternEurope,theColorRevolutionandtheUmbrellaMovementinHong-Konginthefallof2014.Neverthelessinmorerecentyears,thephenomenonoftheretreatofdemocracycanalsobeobservedintheuprisingofthepopulismworldwide.
Twosub-themes:
1.Artcriticismintheageofvirtuality
2.Artdiscoursefacingchallengeddemocracy
1.Artcriticismintheageofvirtuality:Howdoesthesituationinwhichtherapidpaceofdevelopmentincomputerandmediatechnologiesaffectthedescription,interpretationandevaluationofcontemporaryart?Moreprecisely,doesartcriticismdevelopnewmethodologyandnewlanguagesconcerningitsanalysisandnewproblematicsinitsdebates?
2.Artdiscoursefacingchallengeddemocracy:Howisartdiscourseconstitutiveofthecollectiverepresentationsandimaginaryofdemocracy?Inthesituationofdemocracyunderchallenge,howarethesesocial-politicalphenomenareflectedinnewdevelopmentsofcensorshipandself-censorship,orpost-truth?Fornewproblemsbroughtoutbytransitionaljustice,whatkindoffunctioncanartdiscourseplay?
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