2018 AICA International Congress Taiwan: Art Criticism in the Age of Virtuality and Democracy

NT $ 528


「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?


協會 ART AGE AICA 會議 台北 communities thebody OF INTERNATIONAL AND THE