THE Digital ubiquity in contemporaneity. A reflection on postdigital art
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https://doi.org/10.24310/Eviternare.vi9.11157Keywords:
postdigital, digital, data traffic, digital ubiquity, platform capitalismAbstract
Taking the current process of digital ubiquity and its political, social and economic
consequences as a starting point, we propose here a definition of “postdigital art”. This definition, rather than reviewing the consequences of this situation in the culture field, aims to become a space for analysis and reflection on the social, political, and economic consequences of the current situation, marked by the so-called “platform capitalism” (Nick Srnicek) to define a capitalist system based on data traffic. Following this objective, we present an analysis of the term presented through figures such as Kim Cascone or Florian Cramer. Afterwards, and to continue analyzing the use of the term, we expound a study of the term in the artistic institution, where we can observe how most of the contributions have been made use of the already mentioned names and, therefore, to a notion of “postdigital” that only analyzes the consequences of digital ubiquity in culture. Finally, and to conform our idea of “postdigital art”, a classification of artistic practices that respond to our own definition is presented. This classification responds to three issues: the materiality of digital tools, the analysis and use of error in technologies and identity.
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