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SUMMARY:THE HARD QUESTION OF ART by Metahaven
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DESCRIPTION:WITH TALKS BY EMILIA TAPPREST\, HEND SAMIR\, ANTONIO VEGA MACOT
	ELA AND METAHAVEN\n\nArt doesn’t change the world directly\; yet we persis
	t in wanting it to. This\nbook argues for a different understanding of art
	. In these urgent times\, we need\nto rethink the purpose and effects of a
	rt—for the creator\, the audience\, the\nowner. Art is what moves us\, and
	 there is more to being moved than meets the\neye.\n\nThrough a series of 
	thought experiments\, Metahaven shows that art exists in the\nspace betwee
	n the image formed by the artist and the cognitive effort required\nto com
	plete it. Art therefore is a question of perception. But what is the\nfutu
	re of that space between image and interpretation when attention itself is
	\ncollapsing?\n\nThe Hard Question of Art examines the many ways that art 
	engages perception.\nExploring cognition\, empathy\, complexity\, and phys
	ics\, Metahaven ask whether our\ncapacity to perceive art anew can withsta
	nd the pressures of our times. Does\nbeauty matter? Does art have a moral 
	purpose? Is art a game or puzzle that AI\nwill transform? Is the murmurati
	on of starlings a form of art?\n\nAs our age asks us to feel and understan
	d more at the same time\, what are the\ncognitive futures of art?
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h2> with talks by Emilia Tapprest, Hend Samir
	, Antonio Vega Macotela and Metahaven </h2> <p>Art doesn’t change the worl
	d directly; yet we persist in wanting it to. This book argues for a differ
	ent understanding of art. In these urgent times, we need to rethink the pu
	rpose and effects of art—for the creator, the audience, the owner. Art is 
	what moves us, and there is more to being moved than meets the eye.</p> <p
	>Through a series of thought experiments, Metahaven shows that art exists 
	in the space between the image formed by the artist and the cognitive effo
	rt required to complete it. Art therefore is a question of perception. But
	 what is the future of that space between image and interpretation when at
	tention itself is collapsing?</p> <p><em>The Hard Question of Art </em>exa
	mines the many ways that art engages perception. Exploring cognition, empa
	thy, complexity, and physics, Metahaven ask whether our capacity to percei
	ve art anew can withstand the pressures of our times. Does beauty matter? 
	Does art have a moral purpose? Is art a game or puzzle that AI will transf
	orm? Is the murmuration of starlings a form of art?</p> <p>As our age asks
	 us to feel and understand more at the same time, what are the cognitive f
	utures of art?</p>
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