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The
Interface as a New Aesthetic Category
Any critical discussion
of new media has to deal with the problem of interface. To put
this differently, the rise of new media forces us to rethink
our existing aesthetic categories and to consider new ones.
Interface is the most important such category. This essay scratches
the surface: there is much, much more behind the menus, the
buttons, and the desktop.
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Bio
Lev
Manovich is an artist and a theorist of new media. His book "The Language
of New Media" will be published by MIT Press in 2000. Manovich was
born in Moscow where he studied fine arts, architecture and computer
science. He received an M.A. in experimental psychology from NYU [1988]
and a Ph.D. in Visual and Cultural Studies from University of Rochester
[1993]. Manovich has been working with computer animation, digital
cinema, digital photography, and interactive multimedia since 1984.
He has been teaching digital arts since 1992. Manovich lectures widely
on new media theory and aestetics, and his writings have been published
in many countries. In 1995 he was awarded a Mellon Fellowship in Art
Criticism by California Institute of the Arts. Currently he is an
Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Diego were
he teaches studio and theory classes in digital arts.
Contact Information
Address:
Lev Manovich Visual Arts Department, 0084
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0084
Phone (Studio): +1 (619) 822 1012
Fax (Department): +1 (619) 534 5943