Catherine Ikam and Paul Virilio on the Virtual as a Site of Action
Catherine Ikam, a sculptor and creator of virtual environments, engaged in a dialogue with philosopher Paul Virilio, focusing on his concept of an aesthetics of disappearance. Their conversation, stemming from a mutual interest, explored the definition and role of information in the computational sense, the management of absence, the function of light in this process, the relationship between analog and digital, the civilization of live broadcasting, and the notion of being phagocytized. The discussion took place in 1993 and was published in artpress.
Key facts
- Catherine Ikam is a sculptor and author of virtual environments.
- Ikam is interested in Paul Virilio's ideas, particularly his aesthetics of disappearance.
- The mutual interest led to a meeting between Ikam and Virilio.
- They discussed the definition and role of information in the computational sense.
- They talked about managing absence and the role of light.
- They explored relations between analog and digital.
- They discussed the civilization of live broadcasting.
- The concept of being phagocytized was also addressed.
- The conversation was published in artpress in November 1993.
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Artists
- Catherine Ikam
- Paul Virilio
Institutions
- artpress
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- artpress —