Valentino Catricalà

"AFTERWARDS. Art in the Time of Change What is the role of the artist in shaping the future? How do artistic practices evolve in response to technological acceleration and societal transformation? These are the central questions explored in this book—a collection of essays and interviews reflecting on the future through the lens of artistic thought and action. Rather than offering definitive answers, this book presents a spectrum of perspectives from artists, curators, and thin- kers working at the intersection of art, science, and technology. It is an invitation to consider how imagination and critical inquiry can help us navigate the uncertainties of what lies ahead."

Today the media arts not only address the great themes of our times, they inhabit the very media of which they speak. The contemporary is global, but only because of the media that enable globalisation. Those media are almost nowhere apparent in the mainstream practice of art that we see in biennials from Venice to Sao Paolo. The media arts reflect back to us our present condition, and in the archive present us with the ghosts of what we were, and what we failed to become. This book brings the reader into the centre of these strange encounters, introducing us to the rich legacies and futures of the most important arts of the last hundred years. It also looks ahead to the future and asks what happens to the condition of being human within the new constellation into which we are entering?

Today the media arts not only address the great themes of our times, they inhabit the very media of which they speak. The contemporary is global, but only because of the media that enable globalisation. Those media are almost nowhere apparent in the mainstream practice of art that we see in biennials from Venice to Sao Paolo. The media arts reflect back to us our present condition, and in the archive present us with the ghosts of what we were, and what we failed to become. This book brings the reader into the centre of these strange encounters, introducing us to the rich legacies and futures of the most important arts of the last hundred years. It also looks ahead to the future and asks what happens to the condition of being human within the new constellation into which we are entering?

L'Arte di Paolo Cirio nella Societ dell'Informazione. Una monografia d'artista con testi a cura di Marina Guida, Bruce Sterling, Valentino Catrical , Irene Calderoni, Francesca Sironi, Filippo Lorenzin, Andrea Tinterri, Martina Giuffr . Realizzata nel 2020 in occasione della retrospettiva di Paolo Cirio Information Critique al museo PAN - Pallazo delle Arti Napoli.