Category: Philosophy

• Master’s Thesis Project ~ Narratives of Marginalized Bodies: Exploring Third Space in Contemporary New Media and Digital Art

  FINALLY! My thesis is done. Please click on the symposium poster image above to access the Graduate Thesis Work 2014 site brought to you by the California College of the Arts. You will be able to read my thesis abstract there and learn a bit more about my overall project. If you want further details […]

  Dorothy R. Santos

  May 19, 2014

  Art and Technology, Art History, Art Writing and Criticism, Culture Criticism, Observations, Philosophy, Theory

  cca, master’s thesis, theory, vcs, visual and critical studies

• Under Construction (for Life)

  Hello Family and Friends, I can’t believe the semester is almost over. My research papers on the other hand have yet to be completed. I’m still working on them. Not to fear, they will get done. Feel free to send me messages of encouragement and a reminder to be kind to myself. I’m sure there […]

  Dorothy R. Santos

  April 27, 2013

  Art, Art History, Art Writing and Criticism, Culture Criticism, Observations, Philosophy, Theory

  California College of the Arts, grad school, research, writing, writing practice

• Theorizing the Web 2013 Review published to Creative Applications Network

  A strangeness abounds when people are asked to theorize and elucidate something so untethered and rhizomatic as the Internet. At its basic structure, networks connect us to the images, data and knowledge we draw upon every day. Yet what is at the heart of these connections and what separates or integrates our In Real Life […]

  Dorothy R. Santos

  March 7, 2013

  Art and Technology, Culture Criticism, Observations, Philosophy, Theory

  conference, digital arts, internet, media studies, new media art, technology, theorizing the web

• Photos of my Studio Visit with Allison Holt

  There is SO much going on BUT I had to take the time to share a few photos I took during my studio visit with new media artist, Allison Holt. I’m looking forward to settling down and writing a piece about my conversation and visit with Holt. Her re-telling and artworks of the different energies and […]

  Dorothy R. Santos

  April 26, 2012

  Art and Technology, Art Influences, Art Practice, Artist’s Studio, Culture Criticism, Inside the Artist’s Studio, Observations, Perception, Philosophy, Sculpture, Video

  allison holt, art and culture, arts and technology, cross cultural, video art

• The Human Builds the Machine but Ought Not to Become It

  In certain types of engineering practices, there’s this idea that the computer and mathematics itself are sort of  a-cultural. That they only exist in their own technical and formal world. Every computer system is built within a social and historical context of its time. ~Professor Fox Harrell Last year, I delved into work and research […]

  Dorothy R. Santos

  January 5, 2012

  Art and Technology, Art History, Creative Coding | Programming, Culture Criticism, Digital Art, Observations, Philosophy, Social Networking, Theory, Virtual Art

  artificial intelligence, critical computing, dr. fox harrell, ice lab, mit, new media arts, social art, social networking

• The Body Organic: From Language to Image and Interaction – Part II

  It is wrong to say that in philosophy we consider an ideal language as opposed to our ordinary one. For this makes it appear as though we thought we could improve on ordinary language. But ordinary language is all right. Whenever we make up ‘ideal languages’ it is not in order to replace our ordinary […]

  Dorothy R. Santos

  November 2, 2011

  Art and Technology, Creative Coding | Programming, Digital Art, interactive art, Multi Media, Perception, Philosophy, Social Networking, Virtual Art

  art and philosophy, arts and technology, language, ludwig wittgenstein, new media art, postaday2011, scott snibbe, zero1