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Thesis Info
- LABS ID
- 00816
- Thesis Title
- The archive as a digital aesthetic form
- Author
- Clio Flego
- E-mail
- clio.flego AT gmail.com
- 2nd Author
- 3rd Author
- Degree
- Master Degree
- Year
- 2019
- Number of Pages
- 109
- University
- Danube University Krems
- Thesis Supervisor
- Dr. Mark Wright
- Supervisor e-mail
- Other Supervisor(s)
- Dr. Oliver Grau
- Language(s) of Thesis
- English
- Department / Discipline
- Image Science / Media Arts Cultures
- Copyright Ownership
- Languages Familiar to Author
- Italian, Spanish, English
- URL where full thesis can be found
- drive.google.com/file/d/1Ahwyt_Q0RF8t3IjhgXOiWYfa_dsvKrMf/view?usp=sharing
- Keywords
- Data visualisation, archive interface, database aesthetics, digital heritage, technology as a cultural mediator, immersive and interactive space,human-computer interactions, human perception cognition, knowledge production
- Abstract: 200-500 words
- Under the historical evolution involving computational and artistic practices, the archive emerges as a new digital aesthetic form. With the support of Human-Computer interaction and information visualisation, the thesis propose a multi-disciplinary approach for comprehend the ultimate usage of archive, databases and collection through the digital mediation of data visualisation. Examples
concerning immersive and interactive spaces, both online and offline, VR/AR, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence enhanced knowledge perception-cognition in several ways, involving institutions, educational and political decisions. An open debate among contemporary theorists, researchers and modern philosophers entangles the power of beauty and the cultural significance of this transformation, which include the subject in a new form of reality fruition.