Vol. 4 No. 2 (2016): Artistic practices, soft technologies and social machinery

We interact daily with soft technologies: procedures, systems, processes, ... which, because they are intangible, are difficult to perceive. They may consist of behavioural protocols, operating codes, communicative strategies, organi- sational models, teaching methodologies, etc. As artists we use these constantly (in collaborative creation processes, in rela- tions with the public, transmitting subjectivities, etc.) and sometimes they even constitute the cornerstone of our artistic projects (in performance, contextual and participative practices, etc.). The formalizations and devices which we think up are affected by these technologies, which we often use in a natural- ised manner. This is why explaining them, understanding how they work, experimenting with them and becoming able to use them in an empowered manner, will allow us to make a sophisticated use of these soft technologies, both in the artistic arena and in their relationship with other social and scientific areas.

Published: 2016-12-31

The construction of social organism as a work of art

Alex Carrascosa Vacas
Abstract 1062 | PDF (Español) Downloads 715 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17237

Black boxes and white cubes

Oscar Cornago Bernal
Abstract 691 | PDF (Español) Downloads 557 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17115

Means and methods in the registry photography

Urtzi Canto Combarro
Abstract 1812 | PDF (Español) Downloads 857 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17186

Building transmedia engagement

Libe Mimenza Castillo, Bea Narbaiza Amillategi
Abstract 1495 | PDF (Euskara) Downloads 561 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17191

Story in transit

Luis Urquieta Robles
Abstract 431 | PDF (Español) Downloads 456 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17107

Collaborative storytelling as soft technology

Andreu Belsunces Gonçalves
Abstract 910 | PDF (Español) Downloads 886 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17017

FoodCultura

Nerea de Diego Murillo
Abstract 530 | PDF (Español) Downloads 418 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17170

State of siege, gesture of collecting

Izaskun Echevarría Madinabeitia
Abstract 421 | PDF (Español) Downloads 454 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17093

(H)Acts or How art turns into a soft technology

Alberto Salcedo Fernández
Abstract 1746 | PDF (Español) Downloads 487 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17195

The power of the useless

Natalia Vegas Moreno
Abstract 736 | PDF (Español) Downloads 793 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17105

Soft war machines

Manuel Cebral Loureda
Abstract 962 | PDF (Español) Downloads 602 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17075