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A Philosophy of Computer Art

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What is computer art? Do the concepts we usually employ to talk about art, such as ‘meaning’, ‘form’ or ‘expression’ apply to computer art? A Philosophy of Computer Art is the first book to explore these questions. Dominic Lopes argues that computer art challenges some of the basic tenets of traditional ways of thinking about and making art and that to understand computer art we need to place particular emphasis on terms such as ‘interactivity’ and ‘user’. Drawing on a wealth of examples he also explains how the roles of the computer artist and computer art user distinguishes them from makers and spectators of traditional art forms and argues that computer art allows us to understand better the role of technology as an art medium.

160 pages, Paperback

First published August 26, 2009

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May 11, 2025
«فلسفهٔ هنر کامپیوتری»
ترجمهٔ حامد زمانی گندمانی
نشر گیلگمش

برای یه تکلیف خوندمش ولی آورده‌ای برام نداشت؛ البته که مشکل‌ از انتخاب خودم بود و شاید اگه با دغدغهٔ دیگه‌ای می‌رفتم سراغش، پیشم امتیاز بیشتری داشت. (واقعاً نمی‌دونم امتیازش فارغ از انتظار من چنده.)

دربارهٔ ترجمه‌ش.
اوایل کتاب فکر می‌کردم ترجمهٔ خوبی نیست ولی قابل‌قبوله؛ اما هرچی رفت جلوتر، بدتر شد. مفاهیم کتاب خیلی ساده‌ن ولی جون کندم تا بفهمم چی می‌گه. جملات به‌هم‌ریخته بودن و مشخص بود ویرایش نشده.
یه ترجمهٔ دیگه هم داره که اونو ندیدم. این هم به لطف طاقچه بی‌نهایت بهم رسید. :٫)

خلاصه همین دیگه.
کتابی نیست که بهش برگردم. یه‌بار خوندنش هم چیزیو عوض نکرد.
تأکید: برای من این‌طور بود.

ممنون که خوندید.💙

۲۱ اردیبهشت ۱۴۰۴
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March 21, 2015
This book explores the subject of Computer Art in a sort of "if a = b and b = c, then a = c, maybe, depending on how you define a. Oh, and b. And c, too" way. Art, and computer art as well, can be a subject for much navel gazing. I don't feel much smarter or more enlightened for having read this book.
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February 7, 2014
Most of the book is pretty uncontroversial, but the chapter on videogames is an embarrassment for so many reasons.
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