Autopoeisis: Novelty,Meaning and Valve - Softcover

Biggs, Simon; Leach, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0954390849 ISBN 13: 9780954390846

Publisher: Artwords Press, 2004

Synopsis

Autopoeisis: novelty, meaning and value addresses the value of novelty in contemporary culture, and is co-authored from the point of view of two disciplines: fine art and anthropology. Sections of the text re-authored jointly while others are authored individually. There has been a process of question and answer and further revision, including instances where one author corrects or annotates the text of the other. Texts weave around each other thematically, sometimes in sympathy, sometimes in contrast. Images are drawn from the research practice of both authors.

Born in Australia, 1957, Simon Biggs moved to the UK in 1986.A visual and inter-disciplinary artist, he places the computer and interactive systems at the centre of a practice addressing issues around identity and reality as social constructs. He is currently Research Professor in Digital Art at Sheffield Hallam University and a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge.

James Leach is Research Fellow, King’s College, Cambridge, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge. He has undertaken long-term field research on the Rai Coast in Papua New Guinea. Recent work has focused on ownership, including intellectual and cultural property in Papua New Guinea, and knowledge production more widely. He is currently engaged in comparative research on creativity and ownership in inter-disciplinary collaborations in the UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Artwords Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0954390849
• ISBN 13: 9780954390846
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 40
• Editor: Hillwood - Harris Ben, Kivland Sharon