Digital documentation project on the exhibition e:art, II
Day 1, Group 3Lizzie Muller, Australia, Researcher in Residence, FDLThe actual, lived experience of the audience is a central concern in contemporary culture, which finds particular expression in New Media Art. With its emphasis on interaction, dematerialisation, systems and generative process, audience experience is often the content, location and driving force of New Media Art... |
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Lizzie Muller © DOCAM 2007 |
... However descriptions of that experience, either first or second hand, written or recorded are rarely prioritised in the documentation of the work. This talk outlines a research project which will champion the central role of human experience in the way we research and document such artworks. The research will investigate how audience experience has been preserved in existing material held by the Daniel Langlois Foundation Centre for Research and Documentation. It will propose ways in which experiential material can be made accessible to artists, curators and researchers in innovative ways.
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