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The Opening of Space: Perception Changes by Technology

He, Yijie LU (2022) KOVM12 20221
Division of Art History and Visual Studies
Abstract
This thesis explores two contemporary artists’ use of digital technology, whose work deal with the question of how technology determines the way we perceive space. As a background to these explorations, I discuss how spaces relates to technology in visual culture through art history with examples of specific Chinese and western landscape paintings. I look at Martin Heidegger’s definition of technology and the theory of spatial turn from Henri Lefebvre. Furthermore, I extend the concept of the spatial turn to the collapse and destruction of space. From this background, I return to the contemporary digital art to explore the question of how contemporary visual artists’ use of digital technology to respond to a series of questions relating to... (More)
This thesis explores two contemporary artists’ use of digital technology, whose work deal with the question of how technology determines the way we perceive space. As a background to these explorations, I discuss how spaces relates to technology in visual culture through art history with examples of specific Chinese and western landscape paintings. I look at Martin Heidegger’s definition of technology and the theory of spatial turn from Henri Lefebvre. Furthermore, I extend the concept of the spatial turn to the collapse and destruction of space. From this background, I return to the contemporary digital art to explore the question of how contemporary visual artists’ use of digital technology to respond to a series of questions relating to the spatial turn and how to reflect on space. (Less)
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author
He, Yijie LU
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KOVM12 20221
year
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H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
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language
English
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9095979
date added to LUP
2022-08-15 10:53:12
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2024-03-25 10:22:04
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  title        = {{The Opening of Space: Perception Changes by Technology}},
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