Digital Culture & AudioVisual Challenges

Summary:

This paper is part of a long term research based on "Ergonomics" and the interaction between man and machine. The theme of the project is man, his body and the interaction with art. The connection between man and machine has been found in the relationship of belonging with a sense of proximity, in the age of new technologies and information system. We can say that this proximity has been reflected through the hybrid techno-body of the observer, through which audiovisual phenomena are refracted: art, music, cinema, theatre and photography. Therefore, the observer, space, as well as light and movement, are the main categories presented and explored in this paper.

Key words: Audience, Interaction, Space

Objective:

This research explores the phenomenon of the connection between the visual and the spatial and the observer, who moving within the gallery space, causes certain changes in art objects. The connection between the art objects (with their ergonomic appearance) and the observer tends to evoke a sense of proximity in the era of new technologies. The main objective of this research is to study the interaction between the observer (the observer) and the art object (the machine). The main research question of this paper is: what is the limit of the interaction between the observer (the human body) and the art object (the art technology or the machine) and whether this limit exists?

Method:

As Mumford (2009) points out, there is a large category of human-powered machines. Machines have evolved from complex inorganic agents to convert energy, perform work, and augment the mechanical or sensory capabilities of the human body. The apparatus is the latest step in a process that began with the use of a part of the human body as a tool. Behind the development of tools and machines is the attempt to modify the environment in such a way as to enhance and support the human body. The aim of this approach is to extend the powers of an organism (such as humans) that has no other weapons or to create a set of conditions outside the body that are more favorable to maintaining balance and ensuring its survival (Mumford, 2009). This paper, through a literature review, attempts to connect the machine with humans, the body and art by studying the ways in which they can interact with each other. Characteristically, through the interdisciplinary nature of art theory, a comparative connection and networking of theories from different disciplines emerges, starting from (hyper)text theory, anthropology, cultural theories of new media and philosophical hermeneutics, phenomenology and philosophy from the late twentieth century. Secondarily, this research presents some examples of artists and attempts a comparative study of the way in which the work interacts with the body.

Conclusion:

The proposed project guides and develops awareness of the importance and ubiquity of ergonomics in the daily life of modern man. Ergonomics also provides the possibility of more flexible connections in scientific-artistic research work. Therefore, the proximity of the multidimensional connection of body, space and art is realized in an interactive space. The space is created by the mutual communication and harmonious connection between the observer and the art objects. In the end, the human body can act as a trigger in an artwork, and some new research questions can arise from this research about the human body and whether it eventually tends to become a machine.