Info-Aesthetics: Information and Form
Lev Manovich
University of California, San Diego
Tuesday 22 April, 2008
3.00 - 5.00 p.m.
Studio Ciborra
Fifth Floor, Tower One
London School of Economics and Political Science
The unprecedented growth of information puts new pressures on
contemporary societies. We need to invent new ways to interact with
information, new ways to represent it, and new ways to make sense of
it. How are artists, designers, and architects are responding to
these challenges? Rather than trying to defend ourselves against
"information glut," can we approach this situation creatively as the
opportunity to invent new forms appropriate for our information-rich
world?
Since 2000, Lev Manovich has investigated these questions in a
project called Info-Aesthetics. The concept of info-aesthetcis allows
us to relate together a wide range of cultural phenomena, including
some of the most interesting projects in a variety of areas of
contemporary culture: cinema, architecture, space design, fashion,
interface design, motion graphics, visual art, computer science, and,
of course, information visualization. In his presentation Lev
Manovich will report on his latest findings, showing some of the most
exciting projects produced to date.
Dr Lev Manovich is a Professor in the Visual Arts Department,
University of California San Diego. He is also Director of the
Software Studies Initiative at the California Institute for
Telecommunications and Information Technology and a Visiting Research
Professor at the iCinema Centre, University of New South Wales,
Sydney and at the Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmith College,
London. This presentation is a part of Professor Manovich's
forthcoming book Info-aesthetics: Information and Form.
Please note places will be available on a first-come-first-serve
basis - registration is not required.
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