Obscuring boundaries: The physical and virtual worlds in contemporary art

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School of Arts, Design and Architecture | Bachelor's thesis

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2020

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Kuvataidekasvatus

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Taiteiden ja suunnittelun kandidaattiohjelma

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en

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25

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Computer and digitalism have rapidly become the focus of our contemporary lives, affecting us not just as a cultural movement but as our perceptual contact with the world. Intrigued by this shift in our being, and the ways it affects our post-digital art scene I seek to decipher some of the complex layers, integrations and clashes of these (seemingly) contradictory worlds through Hito Steyerl’s artwork Factory of the Sun (2015) and Jon Rafman’s 9-eyes (2008-ongoing). With the explorations of virtual embodiment and perception in relation to art I aim to grasp the ambiguous outlines of existence within these worlds.

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Haapalainen, Riikka

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Haapalainen, Riikka

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digital, art, contemporary, embodiment, immersion, technoculture, cyberspace, virtual

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