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Nowadays in the art world, the terms virtual or virtuality have been used for a thematic approach and/or accepted as an innovative extension of gear and its aesthetic journey through computer-generated simulation used for artwork. With the introduction of two artists, Sandy Skoglund [Figure 1] and Thomas Demand [Figure 2], in Themes of Contemporary Art, McDaniel and Robertson show the thematic approach, in the case of using virtuality in ‘Constructed Tableau’. According to them, constructed space is an alter-space, which is separated from reality but has its own identity. Mimesis of the place creates its own atmosphere, which cannot be realized by representation and symbolization of the real place. Besides, they affirm that the peculiarity arises from the recognition of conception of the production of imitative representation, which is not a reality. | Nowadays in the art world, the terms virtual or virtuality have been used for a thematic approach and/or accepted as an innovative extension of gear and its aesthetic journey through computer-generated simulation used for artwork. With the introduction of two artists, Sandy Skoglund [Figure 1] and Thomas Demand [Figure 2], in Themes of Contemporary Art, McDaniel and Robertson show the thematic approach, in the case of using virtuality in ‘Constructed Tableau’. According to them, constructed space is an alter-space, which is separated from reality but has its own identity. Mimesis of the place creates its own atmosphere, which cannot be realized by representation and symbolization of the real place. Besides, they affirm that the peculiarity arises from the recognition of conception of the production of imitative representation, which is not a reality. | ||
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Another thematic usage of virtuality related to subjectivity and realization of alter-ego can be seen in the case of the artistic experiments of the American artist, Lynn Hershman. As an additional and virtual identity of herself, Hershman created “Roberta Breitmore” [Figure 3] who has been officially and legally alive in the actual world through self-transformation (make-up) and physical evidence of being (her own flat, drivers license, credit card, bank account, receipt of the reservation of a hotel room [Figure 4] and letter from a psychiatrist). Through the presence of Breitmore over a six year period, Hershman demonstrated that her subjectivity is divided by two different beings which cannot parallel exist in the same place, and differentiated the meaning of environments of her own- , and alter-ego. Another artist group, Janet Cardiff and George Miller, has produced binaural sounds with their three dimensional representation, Conversation with Antonello [Figure 5], commissioned by the National Gallery. By contemplating and recreating a physical model of St. Jerome in His Study (1475), the artists try to grasp the debris and pieces of reality of the Renaissance by following the eyes of the painter, Antonello da Messina. In this study and throughout the reconstruction process, the hollow of virtuality arises as a component of the thematic approach, and it grows into a window which allows the soundscape in the possibilities of reality. | Another thematic usage of virtuality related to subjectivity and realization of alter-ego can be seen in the case of the artistic experiments of the American artist, Lynn Hershman. As an additional and virtual identity of herself, Hershman created “Roberta Breitmore” [Figure 3] who has been officially and legally alive in the actual world through self-transformation (make-up) and physical evidence of being (her own flat, drivers license, credit card, bank account, receipt of the reservation of a hotel room [Figure 4] and letter from a psychiatrist). Through the presence of Breitmore over a six year period, Hershman demonstrated that her subjectivity is divided by two different beings which cannot parallel exist in the same place, and differentiated the meaning of environments of her own- , and alter-ego. Another artist group, Janet Cardiff and George Miller, has produced binaural sounds with their three dimensional representation, Conversation with Antonello [Figure 5], commissioned by the National Gallery. By contemplating and recreating a physical model of St. Jerome in His Study (1475), the artists try to grasp the debris and pieces of reality of the Renaissance by following the eyes of the painter, Antonello da Messina. In this study and throughout the reconstruction process, the hollow of virtuality arises as a component of the thematic approach, and it grows into a window which allows the soundscape in the possibilities of reality. | ||
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