Authors:

 Fragoso, Maria Luiza.

Title:

 Thinking the Artist's Space

Keywords:

 contemporary art, telematics, connectivity, communication, identity
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Abstract:

 Contemporary art modifies the conditions of art's space, of art's authorship and the public's posture/situation. Contemporary art happens and does not intend to be a representation, because it is the action itself or the creation of conditions for the action to happen. As artists, we work as mediators, capable of revealing a process and offering a passage for the work of art and the public to emerge. Today, the processes of creation are closer to concepts such as connectivity and co-operation. More then ever, the convergence of art, science and technology are demanding methods and procedures that allow the construction of new realities, of new identities, open and in constant interchange.

This paper proposes a discussion on the changes occurring in the work-sites of visual artist, involved with the advent of telematics. It also intends to show some significant work produced by Brazilian artists, sustained by the principals of collaboration, communication and rescue. Artist that are bringing together the latest challenges in scientific disclosures and the symbolism encountered in Brazilian culture.
Fragoso, Maria Luiza. taunay@unb.br Professor at the Visual Arts Department, University of BrasíliaBorn in Bonn, Germany. Daughter of a diplomat, was raised travelling around the world. Graduated at the University of Brasília, Brazil, as an art teacher, Major in drawing, in 1984. Obtained her Master's degree in Printmaking, at the George Washington University, USA, in 1993. Teaches at the University of Brasília since July 1993, and is now studding for the Doctors degree at the Art Institute at University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Thesis project on Multimedia and Art. Member of two major research groups in contemporary art at the University of Brasília: Grupo de Pesquisa Corpos Informáticos , oriented by Professor Ph.D. Maria Beatriz de Medeiros, and X-WEB, oriented by Professor Ph.D. Tania Fraga.