More than Human: Merging real and virtual states of being from arts and culture to wellness in a post-Covid world

Giannini, Tula; Bowen, Jonathan P.

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Author(s): Tula Giannini , Jonathan P. Bowen

Publication date (Print): July 2022

Conference name: Proceedings of EVA London 2022 (EVA 2022)

Conference theme: Use of new and emerging technologies in Digital Art, Data, Scientific and Creative Visualisation, Digitally Enhanced Reality and Everyware, 2D and 3D Imaging, Display and Printing, Mobile Applications, Museums and Collections, Music, Performing arts, and Technologies, Open Source and Technologies, Preservation of Digital Visual Culture, Virtual Cultural Heritage, Ethical Issues, Historical Issues, Digital Culture, Artificial Intelligence, NFTs

Conference date: 4–8 July 2022

Keywords: Covid-19 pandemic, Digital art, Digital culture, States of being, Virtual Reality

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Since the onset of Covid in tandem with major advances in computational culture, AI and machine learning, and sociocultural movements around diversity, equity and inclusion, the move to digital life has been rapidly accelerating causing a transformational change in the art world. From museums and galleries to the rise of digital art and artists, the changes wrought by the pandemic tied to political turmoil are causing a reshuffling of what was the cultural milieu, to a new cultural landscape that is at once global, multicultural, and human-centred.

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Tula Giannini: http://sites.google.com/view/tgiannini

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Pages: 119-126

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Conference date: 4–8 July 2022

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[1] J. P. Bowen and T. Giannini (2021) Digitality: A reality check. In Weinelet al(2021), pp. 12–19. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[2] J. P. BowenT. GianniniR. AraA. Lomas, and J. Siefring (2019) Digital Art, Culture and Heritage: New constructs and consciousness. In J. WeinelJ. P. BowenG. Diprose, and N. Lambert (eds.), EVA London 2019: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts. BCS, Electronic Workshops in Computing), pp. 1–9. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[3] J. P. BowenT. GianniniR. FalconerM. T. Magruder, and E. Marconi (2021) Beyond Human: Arts and identity between reality and virtuality in a post-Covid-19 world. In Weinelet al(2021), pp. 7–11. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[4] J. P. BowenT. Giannini, and G. Polmeer (2017) Coded communication: Digital senses and aesthetics, merging art and life. In J. P. BowenG. Diprose, and N. Lambert (eds.), EVA London 2017: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts. BCS, Electronic Workshops in Computing, pp. 1–8. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[5] J. P. BowenT. GianniniG. PolmeerR. FalconerA. I. Miller, and S. Dunn (2020) Computational Culture and AI: Challenging human identity and curatorial practice. In J. WeinelJ. P. BowenG. Diprose, and N. Lambert (eds.), EVA London 2020: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts. BCS, Electronic Workshops in Computing), pp. 1–7. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[6] J. P. BowenT. GianniniG. PolmeerC. GannisJ. GardinerJ. KearneyB. Wands, and J. Weinel (2018) States of Being: Art and identity in digital space and time. In J. P. BowenJ. WeinelG. Diprose, and N. Lambert (eds.), EVA London 2018: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts. BCS, Electronic Workshops in Computing, pp. 1–7. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[7] B. Davis (2021) Can a Talking Rousseau Save Facebook? Art News, 8 November. https://news.artnet.com/opinion/metaverse-art-gold-casmunger-le-corbusier-2031306

[8] S FrenkelM. Isaac, and R. Mac (2022) How Facebook is Morphing into Meta. The New York Times, 31 January. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/technology/faceboo k-meta-change.html

[9] T. Giannini and J. P. Bowen (2016) Curating digital life and culture: Art and information. In J. P. BowenG. Diprose, and N. Lambert (eds.), EVA London 2016: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts. BCS, Electronic Workshops in Computing, pp. 237–244. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[10] T. Giannini and J. P. Bowen (eds.) (2019a) Museums and Digital Culture: New Perspectives and Research. Springer, Series on Cultural Computing. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[11] T. Giannini and J. P. Bowen (2019b) Digital culture. In Giannini & Bowen (eds.) (2019a), chapter 1, pp. 3–26. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[12] T. Giannini and J. P. Bowen (2021) Museums at the crossroads: Between digitality, reality, and Covid-19. In V. Cappellini (ed.), EVA 2021 Florence Proceedings, pp. 48–55. Leonardo Libri. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[13] T. Giannini and J. P. Bowen (2022) Museums and Digital Culture: From reality to digitality in the age of COVID-19. Heritage, 5(1):192–214. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[14] A. Siani and S. A. Marley (2021) Impact of the recreational use of virtual reality on physical and mental wellbeing during the Covid-19 lockdown. Health and Technology, 11:425–435. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[15] B. Spiegel (2020) Virtual Reality and the Covid Mental Health Crisis – Depression and anxiety have risen amid the pandemic; immersive therapeutics can help. Scientific American, 15 November. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/virtual-reality-and-the-Covid-mental-health-crisis/

[16] SuperRare (2022) The Death of David Cronenberg. SuperRare. https://superrare.com/artwork-v2/the-death-of-david-cronenberg-28414

[17] Van Gogh (1890) Letter to Theo Van Gogh and Jo Van Gogh Bonger, Auvers sur Oise, #898. Van Gogh Museum. https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/highlights/letters/898

[18] J WeinelJ. P. BowenA. Borda, and G. Diprose (eds.) (2021) EVA London 2021: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts. BCS, Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC). ScienceOpen. DOI: [Cross Ref]

[19] O. C. Yerebakan (2021) ‘Technology Is an Extension of Our Bodies’: Why David Cronenberg Made Video Art About His Own Death as His First NFT. Artnet News, 17 September. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/david-cronenberg-nft-2009962

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