Information is Alive
Art and Theory on Archiving and Retrieving Data
ed. by Joke Brouwer and Arjen Mulder

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Editor(s)

Joke Brouwer, Arjen Mulder

Publication

Rotterdam : V2_Publishing ; NAi Uitgevers, 2003

Scope

216 Pages, illustrated, 23 cm.

ISBN

9056623109

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The archive has of late proven to be a powerful metaphor: history is viewed as an archive of facts from which one can draw at will; our bodies have become a genetic archive since being digitally opened up in the human genome project; our language is an archive of meanings that can be unlocked using philological tools; and the unconscious is an archive of the traumatic experiences that mold our identity. Databases, software and archives increasingly form the inspiration for artistic interventions. Information Is Alive considers the artistic potential of these couplings via a selection of essays, interviews and projects.

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Person as subject

Manuel DeLanda, Ingo Günther, Winy Maas, ...[et al.]

Keywords

information design

Location

Cabinet 11 - 2: Informatievormgeving

Remarks