Unfolding Coded Artworks

Analytical Journeys Through JODI's .com browser
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-5292-6055-7
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

How do we position ourselves in relation to our digital cultural heritage when every software update threatens its very survival?

This book confronts the fragility of computer- and network-based art in an age of relentless technological obsolescence. Focusing on a seminal work by the pioneering artist duo JODI, this interdisciplinary study explores graphical user interfaces, executable files, hard-coded structures and the creative use of randomness. Through a model-assisted storytelling approach, it rethinks how programmed artworks can be remembered, analysed and reactivated once they cease to function.

A bold experiment in science communication, this volume is a must- read for scholars, practitioners and all who care about safeguarding our digital memory.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hönigsberg, Daniela

Gómez Molina, Maria Teresa

Westphal, Yannick

Yao, Jiawen

Hinterwaldner, Inge

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstformen, Kunsthandwerk Installations-, Aktions-, Computer- und Videokunst
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to a multi-authored multi-method multi-perspective multi-format experiment:

Part I: The Book

1. Depth in the flat display? Giving.com a second glance reveals unexpected facets

2. Ir/regular events and spatial in/determinacy

3. From quality to quantity: Cascades of abstractions towards a ‘dissonance value’ in.com

4. Net.art.works come to life when ‘executed’: Combining static and dynamic code analysis

5. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Hönigsberg, Daniela
Daniela Hönigsberg is an art historian specialising in digital humanities and was a researcher in the COSE project.

Yao, Jiawen
Jiawen Yao is a Senior Algorithm Expert in Media AI R&D at Alibaba DAMO Academy.

Hinterwaldner, Inge
Inge Hinterwaldner is Professor of the History of Contemporary Art at the Free University of Bozen–Bolzano and Principal Investigator of the COSE project.

Westphal, Yannick
Yannick Westphal is an IT security specialist and a research associate on the COSE project.

Gómez Molina, Maria Teresa
Mayte Gómez Molina is a poet and 3D artist and was a researcher in the COSE project.

Daniela Hönigsberg is an art historian specialising in digital humanities and was a researcher in the COSE project.

Mayte Gómez Molina is a poet and 3D artist and was a researcher in the COSE project.

Yannick Westphal is an IT security specialist and a research associate on the COSE project.

Jiawen Yao is a Senior Algorithm Expert in Media AI R&D at Alibaba DAMO Academy.

Inge Hinterwaldner is Professor of the History of Contemporary Art at the Free University of Bozen–Bolzano and Principal Investigator of the COSE project.