Edward A. Shanken (born 1964) is an American art historian, whose work focuses on the entwinement of art, science and technology, with a focus on experimental new media art and visual culture. Shanken is Professor, Arts Division, at UC Santa Cruz. His scholarship has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies and has been translated into many languages. Shanken is the author of Art and Electronic Media (Phaidon Press, 2009), among other titles.
Edward A. Shanken graduated from Haverford College (1986) and then obtained an MA (1999) and Ph.D. (2001) in Art History from Duke University after receiving an MBA from Yale University in 1990. He was the executive director of the Information Science Information Studies program (ISIS) at Duke University from 2001 to 2004. From 2004 to 2007 Shanken was Professor of Art History and Media Theory at Savannah College of Art and Design and Senior Researcher at the UCLA Art | Science Center and Visiting Scholar at the California NanoSystems Institute from 2007 to 2008. He joined the Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam in 2008, where he served as Universitair Docent, New Media and Digital Culture, 2008-2010 and as a Researcher, 2010-2012. In 2010, he was the inaugural Louis D. Beaumont Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis. Since 2007 he has served on the faculty of the Media Art Histories MA program at Donau University, Krems, Austria. In 2013 he joined the faculty at the Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) at University of Washington.[1] In 2016, Shanken joined UC Santa Cruz as Director of the innovative Digital Arts/New Media (DANM) MFA program.[2]
Recent and forthcoming publications include essays on art and technology in the 1960s, interactivity and agency, the historiography of art and technology, parallels between conceptual art and art and technology, and the cultural implications of cybernetics, telematics, robotics, and biotechnology. Shanken’s current research examines art-science collaboration and the relationship between the discourses of mainstream contemporary art and new media art. Following the first concern, he chaired the panel discussion,"Artists in Industry and the Academy: Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations" at the 2004 Annual Conference of the College Art Association and served as guest editor of a special series of essays under the same title in the Leonardo Journal (38:4 and 38:5) in 2005. More recently he guest-edited a special series of essays, “The Reception and Rejection of Art and Technology: Exclusions and Revulsions,” which appeared in the journals a minima (Mar 2008) and Leonardo 42: 2 (Apr 2008). Following the second concern, he organized and chaired a panel discussion with Nicolas Bourriaud, Peter Weibel and Michael Joaquin Grey at Art Basel in June 2010 (see external link below) and organized and chaired a panel discussion at the College Art Association Annual Conference (CAA) in 2011, the papers of which were published in a special issue of ArtNodes (see links below). A further research area is the use of social media to expand and democratize the production and dissemination of art criticism. This is exemplified by the Art and Electronic Media Online Companion, a Web 2.0 site.
Shanken is the editor of Telematic Embrace: Visionary Theories of Art, Technology and Consciousness, the collected writings of Roy Ascott (University of California Press, 2003). His essay, "Art in the Information Age: Technology and Conceptual Art" received honorable mention in the Leonardo Award for Excellence in 2004. His book Inventing the Future: Art, Electricity, New Media was published in Spanish in 2013. He is also the editor of the anthology Systems published in 2015 through Whitechapel and MIT Press.
^[2] Edward Shanken Leads UC Santa Cruz DAMN Program.
^Charlie Gere, Art, Time and Technology: Histories of the Disappearing Body (2005) Berg, p. 137
BibliographyEdit
Shanken, Edward A. Systems. London and Cambridge MA: Whitechapel Gallery and MIT Press, 2015. ISBN9780262527194
Shanken, Edward A. Inventar el Futuro: arte - electricadad - nuevos medios. Trans. Everardo Reyes García y Pau Waelder Laso. Brooklyn: Departamento de Ficción, 2013. ISBN978-0-9846555-1-9.
Shanken, Edward A. Art and Electronic Media. London: Phaidon, 2009. ISBN978-0-7148-4782-5
Ascott, Roy. Telematic Embrace: Visionary Theories of Art, Technology, and Consciousness. Edited and with an essay by Edward A. Shanken. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003. ISBN0-520-21803-5
Key EssaysEdit
2019 "Pushing the Limits: Surrealism, Possession, and the Multiple Self: Juan Downey and The Laughing Alligator"
2017 "A Sounding Happens: Pauline Oliveros, Expanded Consciousness, and Healing" (co-authored with Yolande Harris)
2016 “Contemporary Art and New Media: Hybrid Discourse or Digital Divide?”
2012 “Investigatory Art: Real Time Systems and Network Culture”
2011 "The History and Future of the Lab: Collaborative Research at the Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology"
2009 "Reprogramming Systems Aesthetics: A Strategic Historiography"
2007 “Historicizing Art and Technology: Forging a Method and Firing a Canon”
2005 "Artists in Industry and the Academy: Collaborative Research, Interdisciplinary Scholarship, and the Interpretation of Hybrid Forms"
2003 "Cybernetics and Art: Cultural Convergence in the 1960s"
2001 "Art in the Information Age: Technology and Conceptual Art"
2000 "Tele-Agency: Telematics, Telerobotics, and the Art of Meaning"
External linksEdit
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Official site of Edward A. Shanken
Official site of Ed's students' thoughts on Post-Internet art
Art and Electronic Media
Art and Electronic Media Online Companion
, Art Basel Conversation moderated by Shanken, with Nicolas Bourriaud, Peter Weibel, Michael Joaquin Grey
Research blog, including podcasts of CAA conference panel
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This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Edward A Shanken news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Edward A Shanken born 1964 is an American art historian whose work focuses on the entwinement of art science and technology with a focus on experimental new media art and visual culture Shanken is Professor Arts Division at UC Santa Cruz His scholarship has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies and has been translated into many languages Shanken is the author of Art and Electronic Media Phaidon Press 2009 among other titles Edward A ShankenBorn1964EducationPhD in Art History Duke University MBA Yale School of Management BA Haverford CollegeOccupationProfessorEmployerUniversity of California Santa CruzKnown forresearch at the intersection of art and technologyWebsitehttp artexetra com Contents 1 Background 2 Research Activity 3 Teaching Activity 4 Publishing Activity 5 References 6 Bibliography 7 Key Essays 8 External linksBackground EditEdward A Shanken graduated from Haverford College 1986 and then obtained an MA 1999 and Ph D 2001 in Art History from Duke University after receiving an MBA from Yale University in 1990 He was the executive director of the Information Science Information Studies program ISIS at Duke University from 2001 to 2004 From 2004 to 2007 Shanken was Professor of Art History and Media Theory at Savannah College of Art and Design and Senior Researcher at the UCLA Art Science Center and Visiting Scholar at the California NanoSystems Institute from 2007 to 2008 He joined the Department of Media Studies University of Amsterdam in 2008 where he served as Universitair Docent New Media and Digital Culture 2008 2010 and as a Researcher 2010 2012 In 2010 he was the inaugural Louis D Beaumont Scholar at Washington University in St Louis Since 2007 he has served on the faculty of the Media Art Histories MA program at Donau University Krems Austria In 2013 he joined the faculty at the Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media DXARTS at University of Washington 1 In 2016 Shanken joined UC Santa Cruz as Director of the innovative Digital Arts New Media DANM MFA program 2 Shanken has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the American Council of Learned Societies He was formerly chair of the Leonardo Education Forum and a member of the College Art Association Education Committee and has served as an advisor to the Media Art Histories conference ISEA the journal Technoetic Arts and the Leonardo Pioneers and Pathbreakers project He has conducted extensive research on the theorist and art critic Jack Burnham and into cybernetics as applied to systems art in the 1960s 3 Research Activity EditRecent and forthcoming publications include essays on art and technology in the 1960s interactivity and agency the historiography of art and technology parallels between conceptual art and art and technology and the cultural implications of cybernetics telematics robotics and biotechnology Shanken s current research examines art science collaboration and the relationship between the discourses of mainstream contemporary art and new media art Following the first concern he chaired the panel discussion Artists in Industry and the Academy Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations at the 2004 Annual Conference of the College Art Association and served as guest editor of a special series of essays under the same title in the Leonardo Journal 38 4 and 38 5 in 2005 More recently he guest edited a special series of essays The Reception and Rejection of Art and Technology Exclusions and Revulsions which appeared in the journals a minima Mar 2008 and Leonardo 42 2 Apr 2008 Following the second concern he organized and chaired a panel discussion with Nicolas Bourriaud Peter Weibel and Michael Joaquin Grey at Art Basel in June 2010 see external link below and organized and chaired a panel discussion at the College Art Association Annual Conference CAA in 2011 the papers of which were published in a special issue of ArtNodes see links below A further research area is the use of social media to expand and democratize the production and dissemination of art criticism This is exemplified by the Art and Electronic Media Online Companion a Web 2 0 site Teaching Activity EditShanken currently teaches at UC Santa Cruz He has previously taught media and art history at Rhode Island School of Design Duke University Savannah College of Art and Design the University of Amsterdam Donau University Austria the Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media DXARTS at the University of Washington Publishing Activity EditShanken is the editor of Telematic Embrace Visionary Theories of Art Technology and Consciousness the collected writings of Roy Ascott University of California Press 2003 His essay Art in the Information Age Technology and Conceptual Art received honorable mention in the Leonardo Award for Excellence in 2004 His book Inventing the Future Art Electricity New Media was published in Spanish in 2013 He is also the editor of the anthology Systems published in 2015 through Whitechapel and MIT Press References Edit 1 Edward Shanken Joins DXARTS Faculty 2 Edward Shanken Leads UC Santa Cruz DAMN Program Charlie Gere Art Time and Technology Histories of the Disappearing Body 2005 Berg p 137Bibliography EditShanken Edward A Systems London and Cambridge MA Whitechapel Gallery and MIT Press 2015 ISBN 9780262527194 Shanken Edward A Inventar el Futuro arte electricadad nuevos medios Trans Everardo Reyes Garcia y Pau Waelder Laso Brooklyn Departamento de Ficcion 2013 ISBN 978 0 9846555 1 9 Shanken Edward A Art and Electronic Media London Phaidon 2009 ISBN 978 0 7148 4782 5 Ascott Roy Telematic Embrace Visionary Theories of Art Technology and Consciousness Edited and with an essay by Edward A Shanken Berkeley University of California Press 2003 ISBN 0 520 21803 5Key Essays Edit2019 Pushing the Limits Surrealism Possession and the Multiple Self Juan Downey and The Laughing Alligator 2017 A Sounding Happens Pauline Oliveros Expanded Consciousness and Healing co authored with Yolande Harris 2016 Contemporary Art and New Media Hybrid Discourse or Digital Divide 2012 Investigatory Art Real Time Systems and Network Culture 2011 The History and Future of the Lab Collaborative Research at the Intersections of Art Science and Technology 2009 Reprogramming Systems Aesthetics A Strategic Historiography 2007 Historicizing Art and Technology Forging a Method and Firing a Canon 2005 Artists in Industry and the Academy Collaborative Research Interdisciplinary Scholarship and the Interpretation of Hybrid Forms 2003 Cybernetics and Art Cultural Convergence in the 1960s 2001 Art in the Information Age Technology and Conceptual Art 2000 Tele Agency Telematics Telerobotics and the Art of Meaning External links Edit nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Edward A Shanken Official site of Edward A Shanken Official site of Ed s students thoughts on Post Internet art Art and Electronic Media Art and Electronic Media Online Companion Contemporary Art and New Media Towards a Hybrid Discourse Art Basel Conversation moderated by Shanken with Nicolas Bourriaud Peter Weibel Michael Joaquin Grey Research blog including podcasts of CAA conference panel ArtNodes No 11 2011 essays from CAA conference panel in English amp Spanish Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward A Shanken amp oldid 1152803723, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
