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 2170 | PDF (Español (España)) Downloads 891 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17237

Relational technologies in participatory art practices

Saioa del Olmo Alonso
Abstract 1215 | PDF (Español (España)) Downloads 236 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17233

Black boxes and white cubes

Oscar Cornago Bernal
Abstract 882 | PDF (Español (España)) Downloads 619 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17115

Means and methods in the registry photography

Urtzi Canto Combarro
Abstract 2902 | PDF (Español (España)) Downloads 951 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17186

Building transmedia engagement

Libe Mimenza Castillo, Bea Narbaiza Amillategi
Abstract 2336 | PDF (Euskara) Downloads 696 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17191

«Story in transit»

Luis Urquieta Robles
Abstract 1007 | PDF (Español (España)) Downloads 526 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17107

Collaborative storytelling as soft technology

Andreu Belsunces Gonçalves
Abstract 1416 | PDF (Español (España)) Downloads 1064 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17017

«FoodCultura»

Nerea de Diego Murillo
Abstract 742 | PDF (Español (España)) Downloads 502 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17170

State of siege, gesture of collecting

Izaskun Echevarría Madinabeitia
Abstract 901 | PDF (Español (España)) Downloads 547 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17093

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

Alberto Salcedo Fernández
Abstract 2581 | PDF (Español (España)) Downloads 580 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17195

The power of the useless

Natalia Vegas Moreno
Abstract 1527 | PDF (Español (España)) Downloads 893 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17105

Soft war machines

Manuel Cebral Loureda
Abstract 1162 | PDF (Español (España)) Downloads 694 | DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.17075