Sensory art

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26485/AI/2024/26/2

Keywords:

sensorium, aesthetics experience, interactive technology, responsivity, media

Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyse the property of art that allows us to define the genericity of an artistic work as sensorially interacting during the aesthetic experience. Such an impact concerns the viewer who is influenced by art revealing its subjective character or being a source for sensory communication between viewers. The importance of interactivity underpinning responsiveness is considered, and three types of art impact that characterise this kind of aesthetic experience are proposed.

Author Biography

Sidey Myoo, Department of Aesthetics Institute of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

Academic pseudonym of prof. dr hab. Michał Ostrowicki, originating from the online name adopted in 2007 in the virtual world of Second Life. A philosopher working at the Department of Aesthetics at the Institute of Philosophy at the Jagiellonian University, as well as the Department of Media Art Theory at the Faculty of Intermedia at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. His interests lie in aesthetics treated as the theory of art, mainly in reference to contemporary art, including New Media Art. Since 2003, he has been engaged in the philosophy of the Internet, studying phenomena such as immersion, interactivity, telepresence, telematics, hybridization, identity and artificial intelligence. In 2006, he introduced the concept of electronic realis (later virtual realis), which became the basis for ontoelectronics, an ontology focused on the analysis of virtual reality. Research on virtual reality led him to the thesis that VR is an alternative sphere of existence in relation to the reality of the physical world, capable of serving human existence (Ontoelektronika, Ontoelectronics. An Introduction). Sidey Myoo also created a theory of the work of art (The Work of Art as a System) and a matrix theory of art (Wirtualne realis. Estetyka w epoce elektroniki). He proposed the concept of art in virtual reality (VR ART) and the criterion for art (Genetic Criterium of Art). Within ontoelectronics, he developed a nonlinear conception of truth. Sidey Myoo is the author of articles, monographs and edited works in the fields of philosophy, art and online education. He has participated in national and international scientific events. In 2007, he founded Academia Electronica (www.academia-electronica.net), the virtual part of the Jagiellonian University operating in Second Life (since 2008), AltspaceVR (2020-23) and Spatial (since 2023), where he experiments with remote teaching by conducting official academic courses, featuring guest lectures by speakers from various scientific centers, including foreign ones, and where conferences are organized.

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2024-12-29

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Vol. 26 (2024): Art and culture in times of danger

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