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Niki Passath
In many modes of behavior, people act more and more like machines. In the context of work, people have become a human resource that can be replaced at any time. An existence without purpose cannot be imagined - just as a machine without function is absurd. Do humans already think like machines? Do they have a "master-slave" relationship with them? Are humans no longer any more than an organic prosthetic fitted to an inorganic body? With his created robotic beings, Niki Passath breaks with this seemingly rational technological system. By eliminating the predominant rationality of the machine, he gives it a new meaning. This book is the first monograph on the artist's oeuvre. Internationally renowned experts shed light on the many facets of his work.
Thinking Like a Machine
In many modes of behavior, people act more and more like machines. In the context of work, people have become a human resource that can be replaced at any time. An existence without purpose cannot be imagined – just as a machine without function is absurd. Do humans already think like machines? Do they have a "master-slave" relationship with them? Are humans no longer any more than an organic prosthetic fitted to an inorganic body? With his created robotic beings, Niki Passath breaks with this seemingly rational technological system. By eliminating the predominant rationality of the machine, he gives it a new meaning. This book is the first monograph on the artist’s oeuvre. Internationally renowned experts shed light on the many facets of his work.
Ruth Schnell – WORKBOOK
Hybrid spatial installations Ruth Schnell’s work interrogates historical concepts of reality that are now being called into question by apparative perception. In the field of media art, Schnell has made a significant contribution to the understanding of this radical transformation: she has gone beyond the moving image, involved viewers in a participatory manner, and expanded object-like or sculptural art into immersive environments. Deeply inscribed in her artistic approach is the reference to sociopolitical questions and the latest developments in technology. The monograph offers a documentary reappraisal and contextualization of Ruth Schnell’s work since 1983 and provides stimulus for enhancing competence in the field of media. 40 years of media art production open up new paths and dimensions in a singular way Extensive section on the body of work; with prefaces by Peter Weibel and Katharina Gsöllpointner, as well as contributions by Claudia Giannetti, Chris Salter, and Jill Scott Digital link to the artist’s video archive via QR codes
Pedestrian Safety Expert Gets Hit by Bus
Before picking up Pedestrian Safety Expert Gets Hit by Bus, be prepared to alternately laugh out loud, recoil in horror, and be dumbfounded as page after page of ludicrous and unfathomable, but 100 percent true, tales unfold. The follow-up to the successful Another Weird Year, Pedestrian Safety Expert Gets Hit by Bus is a brand-new collection of bizarre, strange, and outrageous news stories that are so crazy they couldn't be made up! Consider this: A South African woman has difficulty finding one of her favorite foods since moving to another part of the country. Her food of choice? A cup of red sand, which she describes as tasting like cocoa.From crazy animals and blundering criminals to acts of love and plain human error, Pedestrian Safety Expert Gets Hit by Bus is the perfect comic roundup of the year. This trove of truisms offers wacky and weird happenings of everyday people-giving the rest of us a huge sense of relief that there are plenty of people out there who make a mess of things far worse than what we could ever do!
Machines and Robots
Maschinen, Automaten und Roboter faszinieren die Künste seit jeher. Computer, Internet und Digitalisierung haben dieser Faszination aber einen ganz neuen Schub gegeben. Artificial Intelligence und Robotik sind aktueller denn je, Industrie 4.0 ein neues Schlagwort. Der fünfte Band der Edition Digital Culture gibt Einblicke in aktuelle Forschungsfragen und erkundet künstlerische Potentiale und Fragestellungen, unter anderem an Projekten von Daniel Imboden und der Mediengruppe Bitnik. Die zweisprachige Publikation enthält neben zahlreichen Abbildungen auch ein ausführliches Glossar mit den wichtigsten Begriffen.
Robots
Presents an overview of the history of the robot, culled from interviews with experts such as scientists, surgeons, manufactures, science fiction writers, artists, filmmakers, and provides information on the role they play in daily life and speculates on their future.
Ripley's Believe it Or Not!
You won't believe your eyes. Extraordinary and weird.
Making Things Public
"This collection itself presents a significant public assembly, joining such prominent thinkers as Richard Rorty, Simon Schaffer, Peter Galison, and Peter Sloterdijk with the likes of Shakespeare, Swift, La Fontaine, and Melville. Ranging from the distant past to the troubled present, this collective effort examines the atmospheric conditions in which things are made public, and reinvests political representation with the materiality it has been lacking. This book, and the ZKM show that it accompanies, aims to trigger new political passions and interests in a time when people need, more than ever, new ways to have their voices heard."--BOOK JACKET.
Tattoos
Tattoos Book: Nonfiction Book By Anne Schraff Some think Tattoos are the hottest new style to hit the scene. Are they really? This book details the long history of tattoos and the reasons people have made their mark with them. An outward sign of belonging, belief or beauty, tattoos have an appeal that crosses time and geography. But not everyone lives happily with a tattoo. (64 pages).. Visit www.artesianpress.com for details
Prix Ars Electronica
Compendium of computer arts from the competition Prix Ars Electronica.
