Abstract
In this article we discuss the ethical and æsthetic implications of the appropriation of biomedical sensors in artistic practice. The concept of cross-disciplinary appropriation is elaborated with reference to Guattari's ethico-æsthetic paradigms, and Barad's metaphor of diffraction as methodology. In reviewing existing artistic projects with biosensors, we consider ways in which the recontextualization of technologies, and likewise techniques, can both propagate and violate disciplinary expectations and approaches. We propose that by way of critical appropriations of biosensors in artistic practice---that is to say, de- and re-contextualizations of biosensors that acknowledge the shift of ecology and epistemology---artists have a vital role to play in troubling reductive representations of bodies, and further-more, destabilizing the ethico-æsthetic boundaries of differently constituted disciplines.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | MOCO '17: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Movement Computing |
Editors | Kiona Niehaus |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4503-5209-3 |
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Publication status | Published - Jun 2017 |
Event | 4th International Conference on Movement Computing - Goldsmiths University, London, United Kingdom Duration: 28 Jun 2017 → 30 Jun 2017 Conference number: 4 http://moco17.movementcomputing.org/ |
Conference
Conference | 4th International Conference on Movement Computing |
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Abbreviated title | MOCO '17 |
Country | United Kingdom |
City | London |
Period | 28/06/17 → 30/06/17 |
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