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: 2025-09-25

The construction of social organism as a work of art

Alex Carrascosa Vacas
Abstract 2581 | PDF (Español (España)) Downloads 925 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17237

Relational technologies in participatory art practices

Saioa del Olmo Alonso
Abstract 1477 | PDF (Español (España)) Downloads 252 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17233

Black boxes and white cubes

Oscar Cornago Bernal
Abstract 1000 | PDF (Español (España)) Downloads 635 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17115

Means and methods in the registry photography

Urtzi Canto Combarro
Abstract 3265 | PDF (Español (España)) Downloads 979 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17186

Building transmedia engagement

Edorta Arana Arrieta, Libe Mimenza Castillo, Bea Narbaiza Amillategi
Abstract 2725 | PDF (Euskara) Downloads 730 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17191

«Story in transit»

Luis Urquieta Robles
Abstract 1307 | PDF (Español (España)) Downloads 551 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17107

Collaborative storytelling as soft technology

Andreu Belsunces Gonçalves
Abstract 1633 | PDF (Español (España)) Downloads 1096 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17017

«FoodCultura»

Nerea de Diego Murillo
Abstract 806 | PDF (Español (España)) Downloads 515 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17170

State of siege, gesture of collecting

Izaskun Echevarría Madinabeitia
Abstract 1119 | PDF (Español (España)) Downloads 560 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17093

«(h)Acts» or How art turns into a soft technology

Alberto Salcedo Fernández
Abstract 2958 | PDF (Español (España)) Downloads 599 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17195

The power of the useless

Natalia Vegas Moreno
Abstract 1987 | PDF (Español (España)) Downloads 907 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17105

Soft war machines

Manuel Cebral Loureda
Abstract 1249 | PDF (Español (España)) Downloads 716 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17075