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ERIC Number: EJ740497
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 14
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0039-3541
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Lines of Sight in the "Network Society": Simulation, Art Education, and a Digital Visual Culture
Sweeny, Robert W.
Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, v46 n1 p74-87 Fall 2004
Contemporary societies are in the process of developing digital technological networks that simultaneously result in their transformation. The operations of networked computer systems, based in forms of simulation, have shifted general notions of visuality within a visual culture. Practices in art education that address these contemporary developments should be able to respond to the current forms of visuality being created in a variety of educational spaces--both actual and virtual. In this article, the author identifies three theoretical "lines of sight" that represent contemporary forms of vision related to the use of networked digital technologies--specifically the Internet. These critical aesthetic tactics of individuals and collectives point to possibilities for adapting similar approaches in art educational spaces, making connections between curriculum and pedagogy, new media theory, and contemporary sociology, forming the matrix of a digital visual culture. This article explores the role that simulation plays in contemporary artistic practice, specifically looking at individuals and collectives that create and critique using tactics that are unique to our interconnected times. The simulation of visual information facilitated by networked digital computers challenges many Western art historical traditions and complicates the current discussion of visual culture and art educational practices. This analysis of simulation will provide art educators with examples of critical practices that might then find application within the spaces of art education: practices that operate within the complex interconnections of the "network society." (Contains 3 footnotes.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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