Author : Lachlan MacDowall
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000508765
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)
Book Synopsis Art After Instagram by : Lachlan MacDowall
Download or read book Art After Instagram written by Lachlan MacDowall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-30 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the effects of the Instagram platform on the making and viewing of art. Authors Lachlan MacDowall and Kylie Budge critically analyse the ways Instagram has influenced artists, art spaces, art institutions and art audiences, and ultimately contemporary aesthetic experience. The book argues that more than simply being a container for digital photography, the architecture of Instagram represents a new relationship to the image and to visual experience, a way of shaping ocular habits and social relations. Following a detailed analysis of the structure of Instagram – the tactile world of affiliation (‘follows’), aesthetics (‘likes’) and attention (‘comments’) – the book examines how art spaces, audiences and aesthetics are key to understanding its rise. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, design, digital culture, cultural studies, sociology, education, business, media and communication studies.