Nanoart : the immateriality of art / / Paul Thomas

• Autore: Thomas Paul
• Pubblicazione: Bristol. UK ; ; Chicago, : Intellect, 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (146 p.)
• Disciplina: 701.03
• Soggetto topico: Art and science; Art and technology; Nanotechnology
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: Materiality and Immateriality of Art in the Age of Nanotechnology; Chapter 2: From Seeing to Touching: From the Invisible to the Visible; Chapter 3: Nanotechnology, Vibration and Vitalism; Chapter 4: Matter, Measurement and Light; Chapter 5: Transvitalism and Nature; References; Acknowledgements; Index; Author biography; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Nano is Greek for dwarf and the word nanotechnology 'was first proposed in the early seventies by a Japanese engineer, Norio Taniguchi, implying a new technology that went beyond controlling materials and engineering on the micrometer scale that dominated the 20th Century'. The content for this book has been based on a self-emergent process. It explores an art historical understanding of matter and uses various hypotheses to elucidate the effects on materiality and agency as a result of the emergence of nanotechnology. The blurring of material boundaries are reflected in the establishment of a
• Titolo autorizzato: Nanoart
• ISBN: 1-78320-049-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814172303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II