Cybersentics Monthly Book Club: Information Arts

🌟 Join Us for a Deep Dive into Modern Media Art!
This month, the Cybersentics Book Club poses an intriguing question: Is everyone suddenly a creative technologist?
We'll explore the dynamic landscape of modern media art at the dawn of the 21st century, before the role of the artist blending art, science, and technology became widely recognized.

📖 This Month’s Reading:
Stephen Wilson’s Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology(MIT Press, 2003)
-Selected Sections:- Chapter 1: 1.1, 1.2

• Chapter 2: 2.1, 2.5
• Chapter 7: 7.7
  Feel free to read beyond these sections!

🔗Access Reading: You'll receive the reading link in your confirmation email upon RSVP.

✨**About Information Arts:**In this essential text, Stephen Wilson surveys artists navigating the realms of scientific research, emerging technologies, and experimental media. His work encourages us to revisit the notion of the “creative technologist” prior to its mainstream adoption, highlighting the myriad practices and identities present when art-and-technology was still emerging.

👤**About Stephen Wilson:**Stephen Wilson (1944–2011) was a renowned artist and researcher who profoundly influenced the relationship between conceptual art and technology. His landmark book remains a pivotal guide through the intersection of art, biology, physics, and cognition.

🌐**About the Cybersentics Book Club:**Hosted by Gray Area, our reading group delves into the human sensorium through the dual lenses of art and technology. This cycle focuses on the bidirectional flow of information between bodies and their environments, examining themes ranging from biofeedback to cyborg art.
Join a community of artists, scholars, and curious minds eager to explore the integration of technology in sensory experiences. This is the perfect space for collaboration, inquiry, and peer learning!

🗳️Organized by: Anastasia Chernysheva, Gray Area Research Fellow, as part of the Biofeedback Art|Research Network (BARN).

🧑‍🤝‍🧑Accessibility:- Open to all ages, high school reading level or above recommended.

• Hybrid format: In-person at Gray Area Incubator (not wheelchair/mobility accessible) and online via Zoom.
• For accommodation requests, please contact us at info@grayarea.org.

📍Location: Gray Area / Grand Theater
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