whole cultures and countries, only those open to change and adaptation are likely to survive the step change in evolution exerted by scientific development and technological innovation. If countries and communities are to avoid homogenizati…Artists and art historians (Ascott, Lovejoy, Paul, Shanken, etc.) use the terms spectator, participant, viewer, audience and user almost interchangeably to describe the person experiencing an artwork, but such usage obscures the potential o…
Edward A. Shanken
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Edward A. Shanken is an art historian specializing in the genealogy of computational and systems-based art practices, tracking how cybernetics and information theory reshaped artistic production and audience engagement. In the course readings, he appears alongside figures like Ascott and Lovejoy in debates about how technological media transform the spectator into an active participant or co-creator, rather than a passive consumer, which is central to understanding art's role in the machine-saturated contemporary moment.
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