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Thesis Info
- LABS ID
- 00634
- Thesis Title
- Emergent Objects at the Human-Computer Interface (HCI) A Case Study of Artists’ Cybnernetic Relationships and Critical Consciousness
- Author
- Dr. Sherry Mayo
- E-mail
- smayo55 AT gmail.com
- 2nd Author
- 3rd Author
- Degree
- Ed.D.C.T.
- Year
- 2004
- Number of Pages
- 125
- University
- Teachers College Columbia University
- Thesis Supervisor
- Dr. Graeme Sullivan
- Supervisor e-mail
- gls27 AT psu.edu
- Other Supervisor(s)
- Dr. Judith Burton
- Language(s) of Thesis
- English
- Department / Discipline
- Art & Art Education
- Copyright Ownership
- 2004
- Languages Familiar to Author
- English
- URL where full thesis can be found
- Resides in ProQuest unsure of URL
- Keywords
- Abstract: 200-500 words
- There exist emergent objects or art objects that are made with nascent technologies that defy previously defined categories of art practice. The investigation of emergent objects at the human-computer interface (HCI) has implications for art education, cultural evolution, and critical consciousness. The value added to society by artists experimenting at this interface consists of emergent objects that spur critical reflection on experience and social interaction. Art education facilitates critical dialogue around emergent objects and constructs meaning.
The computer is a new tool for artistic investigation and its results have to be diagnosed. This study offers a glimpse at the effects of emergent objects on critical consciousness. The framework for this study included four research questions: 1) what can emergent objects tell us about the transitions studio art has gone through with the integration of digital technologies, 2) is there an aesthetic shift due to hybridization in studio practice, 3) what can investigating cybernetic relationships in studio art practice reveal about human-computer interface (HCI), and 4) what role does the artist-researcher have in arts technology integration?
The observed phenomena are artists practicing with digital technologies to create emergent objects (See Figure 2). Geertz (1983) made an argument for local knowledge as value added to empirical research (cited by Flick 2002). Local knowledge of an artist is vital to understanding their cybernetic relationships at the HCI. Subjects incorporated the computer into their studio through diverse pathways that informed the way they work with digital technologies.