The Problem of the Political in Cyberspace

Authors

  • Aneta Stojnić

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25038/am.v0i7.95

Keywords:

Internet, cyberspace, Wikileaks, liminality, performance, interface

Abstract

The central discussion in this paper concerns the articulation of ways whereby liminality is inscribed in cyberspace architecture, in order to show that cyberspace is a political performative space. In this regard, I argue that cyberspace is politicized in terms of its liminality. Cyberspace is constituted as an in-between space, that is, a space that is permanently in process, simultaneously functioning as a point of connection and division. As my analysis shows, this liminal aspect of cyberspace stands as an important connection to the notions of liminality in performance studies. By analyzing cyberspace as a new space for the production of the political, I propose that techno-performance is a new political notion of performance.

Author Biography

Aneta Stojnić

Faculty of Media and Communications, Singidunum University, Belgrade
Serbia

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After the end of Soviet hegemony and the fall of socialist regimes in Central and Southeast Europe, the consideration of the relationship between art and politics seems urgent. The experience of more than two decades of political and structural changes toward the development of institutions of global capital also contributes to this urgency. The debate over the (political) nature of art becomes necessary, taking into account that this question has been superseded by a marketplace wherein all designations and forms of Art are available. It shows (itself) to be the best vehicle for manipulation and instrumentalization towards the current doxa that ‘everything is possible’. Moreover, the issue of the political aspect of art has been complicated by the dominant intellectual opinion and denunciations that all forms of utopian and social dimensions of art, as in the case of revolutionary and emancipatory perspectives of the avant-gardes, are responsible for the horrors of totalitarianism and terrorism. The aim of this issue therefore is to address the question of how to constitute and affirm an active Art today without slipping into essentialism. Focus Issue Editor: Bojana Matejić

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Published

15.04.2015

How to Cite

Stojnić, A. (2015). The Problem of the Political in Cyberspace. AM Journal of Art and Media Studies, (7), 103–109. https://doi.org/10.25038/am.v0i7.95

Issue

No. 7 (2015): Issue No. 7, April 2015 - Topic of Issue: Art and Politics: Agency, Autonomy, Emancipation

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