Art and the Future

The focus of this theme is on the diverse influences new technologies might have on the arts, and the ways in which the arts can contribute to the futures these technologies make possible.  What forms of artistic and creative expression do new technologies enable? Are any of these radically new? What can art teach us about post-human futures?  How do the arts help negotiate the political challenges of the future?

Publications

Jobling, J. Fantastic Spiritualities: Monsters, Heroes and the Contemporary Religious Imagination, London: Continuum, 2010

Hauskeller, M. “Life’s a Bitch and then You Don’t Die. Life Extension and Immortality in Film and Television”, in: M. Hauskeller et al (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Posthumanism in Film and Television, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

Hauskeller, M. “Wanna Live Forever? Don’t Pull a Frankenstein”, in: Nicholas Michaud (ed.), Frankenstein and Philosophy, Chicago: Open Court, 2013

Simoniti, V. “Artistic Research at the Edge of Science”, OAR: Oxford Artistic and Practice Based Platform 1:1, 2017

Simoniti, V. “Digital Art and the Alt Right”, The Point

Simoniti, V. "The Living Image in Philosophy and Bio-Art”, Oxford Art Journal, 42/2 (2019).

Simoniti, V. “Assessing Socially Engaged Art”, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 76/1 (2018): 71-82.

Vassilopoulou, Y. (with Abbasi, M & Stergioulas, L.) “Technology roadmap for the creative industries”, Creative Industries Journal, 10(1), 2017

Vassilopoulou, Y. (with Abbasi, Stergioulas, Matich, Payne & Smith) “Use of Creative Tools, Technologies, Processes and Practices in the Sectors of Art, Media and Architecture”, Proceedings of the Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts Conference, 2014