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
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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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