Research Catalog

Title

Behavioral objects. 1, A case study: Céleste Boursier-Mougenot / edited by Samuel Bianchini & Emanuele Quinz.

Publication

Berlin : Sternberg Press, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bianchini, Samuel
• Quinz, Emanuele

Description

224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 23 cm

Summary

Three grand pianos slowly make their way through the large exhibition space allotted to them, sometimes bumping into one another. These animate objects, which constitute offroad (2014), a work by the artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, appear to be living beings, each with its own behavior. They are perfect examples of behavioral objects, whose little-known history dates back to the avant-garde and the emergence of cybernetics. What exactly is a behavioral object? How can it be analyzed, understood, theorized, experienced, and how can we conceive of works that possess the faculty of action and reaction to their environment and public? Examining three works by Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, this book tackles these questions and defines a new field of research and practice.

Alternative Title

Case study: Céleste Boursier-Mougenot

Subjects

• Anthropomorphism in art
• Cybernetics in art
• Robots in art
• Perception
• Boursier-Mougenot, Céleste
• Installations (Art)
• Motion in art

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Call Number

JQE 17-287

ISBN

• 9783956791727
• 395679172X

OCLC

967844323

Title

Behavioral objects. 1, A case study: Céleste Boursier-Mougenot / edited by Samuel Bianchini & Emanuele Quinz.

Publisher

Berlin : Sternberg Press, [2016]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Bianchini, Samuel, editor.

Quinz, Emanuele, editor.

Research Call Number

JQE 17-287