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[CICA Press] New Texture: New Media Art 2019 Published

    Featured Artists:

    Pierre Ajavon
    Alessandro Avellis
    Michael Black
    Tom Burtonwood
    Tristan Cai
    Jade Chorkularb
    Lacaste Eunice
    Yuto Hasebe
    Chih-ya Huang
    Soa J. Hwang
    Tian Jiang
    Lara Kamhi
    KairUs Art+Research
    Ji Yong Kim
    Mihyun Kim
    Todd Kunkler
    Heesoo Kwon
    Jiaqing Mo
    Christina Ivelisse Morris
    Hannah Newman
    Fongyee Ng
    Min Park
    Miock Park
    Valentina Sciarra
    Simon Šerc
    Peim van der Sloot
    Tamara Staser
    Yuanliang Sun
    Tore Terrasi
    Cansu Topaloglu
    Yang Wang
    Rachel Lin Weaver
    Jinjoo Yang
    Kyungjin Yoo
    Lim Zeherng

    EDITER-IN-CHIEF / ART DIRECTOR: Leejin Kim

    EDITOR / DESIGNER: Seungsub Baik

    EDITORS: Heejin Kang, Seonyoung Im, Hyunjin Bang

    CICA NMAC 2018 Reporters / Photographers: Eugene Jung, Sujin Park

    Produced by CICA Press, Gimpo, Korea
    ISBN 979-11-88671-08-3 03600

    Photographs and contents are copyrighted by the featured artists.

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    All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photography, recording or any informational storage and retrieval system, without prior permission from the publisher.

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    Cover Image © Michael Black, Lovers – Boy 1 (2016)

     

    Digital media seem to lack physicality, of which we think as “texture.” As new media art evolves with digital technology, I recently have noticed “new textures” in them – glitches, pixelation, and virtual textures, which happen intentionally or unexpectedly. Eeriness of these new textures reminds me of the “uncanny valley” that resembles humans but is not humans anymore. New textures emerge in the middle of technological intervention and interaction. And these residues of mathematical calculations and errors form new aesthetics, stories, contexts, and realities.

    New Texture: New Media Art 2019 features 36 new media artists worldwide, including Pierre Ajavon, Alessandro Avellis, Michael Black, Tom Burtonwood, Tristan Cai, Jade Chorkularb, Lacaste Eunice, Yuto Hasebe, Chih-ya Huang, Soa J. Hwang, Tian Jiang, Lara Kamhi, KairUs Art+Research, Ji Yong Kim, Mihyun Kim, Todd Kunkler, Heesoo Kwon, Jiaqing Mo, Christina Ivelisse Morris, Hannah Newman, Fongyee Ng, Min Park, Miock Park, Valentina Sciarra, Simon Šerc, Peim van der Sloot, Tamara Staser, Yuanliang Sun, Tore Terrasi, Cansu Topaloglu, Yang Wang, Rachel Lin Weaver, Jinjoo Yang, Kyungjin Yoo, and Lim Zeherng. I hope our readers find new textures in them reflecting their own realities across the globe.

    – Intro: Digital Culture by Leejin Kim

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    *Free e-Book Promotion: Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 12:00 AM PST – Saturday, February 9, 2019, 11:59 PM PST

    The paperback edition will be available in major bookstores in Korea and on CICA Press website in February 2019.