Albu, Cristina
(2012)
Mirror Affect: Interpersonal Spectatorship in Installation Art since the 1960s.
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
This dissertation traces the genealogy of interpersonal spectatorship in contemporary installations that encourage viewers to affectively relate to one another by watching themselves seeing and acting individually or as a group. By incorporating reflective surfaces, live video feedback, or sensors in their works, contemporary artists around the world have been challenging what had come to be a binary relation between the beholder and the art object, thereby, heightening viewers' awareness of the social and spatial contexts of aesthetic experience. Starting with the 1960s there has been not only an increasingly sharp departure from the autonomy of the art object on the part of artists, but also a rejection of prevailing self-focused and private modes of art spectatorship on the part of viewers of art.
Situated between theories of relational aesthetics and new media theories of interactivity, my dissertation examines the social, cultural, and technological factors that have contributed to the production of installations that act as affective interfaces between multiple viewers. I argue that contemporary artworks with mirroring properties have triggered a shift towards increasingly public and interpersonal forms of art spectatorship that are consonant with the emergence of new modes of perception and sociability shaped by enhanced surveillance, unavoidable multitasking, and online networking.
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University of Pittsburgh ETD
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Unpublished |
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Date: |
11 June 2012 |
Date Type: |
Publication |
Defense Date: |
14 February 2012 |
Approval Date: |
11 June 2012 |
Submission Date: |
31 March 2012 |
Access Restriction: |
5 year -- Restrict access to University of Pittsburgh for a period of 5 years. |
Number of Pages: |
533 |
Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
Schools and Programs: |
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > History of Art and Architecture |
Degree: |
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy |
Thesis Type: |
Doctoral Dissertation |
Refereed: |
Yes |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Installation art, affect theory, relational aesthetics, participatory art, new media, interpersonal spectatorship |
Date Deposited: |
11 Jun 2012 15:30 |
Last Modified: |
11 Jun 2017 05:15 |
URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11546 |
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