Nikos Papastergiadis – Art and the Cosmopolitan Imaginary

Podcast
by Michael Spahr

Nikos Papastergiadis speaks about the globalization of culture and its meaning for people and institutions involved in the world of the arts.

The Australian scholar Nikos Papastergiadis speaks about aesthetic cosmopolitanism. He is professor for Cultural Studies and Media & Communications at the University of Melbourne. His current research focuses on the investigation of the historical transformation of contemporary art and cultural institutions by digital technology. In Summer 2010 he spoke at the Sommerakademie of the art museum Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern, Switzerland.

This is his speech about art and the cosmopolitan imaginary  – in four parts of about 12 minutes each.

Norient would like to thank Nikos Papastergiadis and the Sommerakademie Zentrum Paul Klee for the permission to publish this speech.

Biography

Michael Spahr (VJ Rhaps) is a historian MA, journalist, and media artist. He was on the board of Norient from 2008 until 2014. He developed the website norient.com. He was the co-founder and co-director (2009–2014) of the Norient Musikfilm Festival. He contributed with his video art to the audio-visual scientific media performances of Norient. He was the host and DJ of Norients monthly radio show Sonic Traces on Radio RaBe. He works as a freelance artist, film maker, and journalist in Bern (Switzerland). Follow him on his Website.

Published on February 09, 2011

Last updated on April 09, 2024

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Digitization
Ethics
Technology
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