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Elvira K Kati
Study of a crippled goddess: An interpretation of cybernetic images in the exploration of conceptions of technology
Keywords: Visual semiotics, social semiotics, technological culture, postmodern, philosophy, artwork
This case study examined several images from a series of related, technologically-influenced artworks. The images were composed during collaborative group work where the participants' goal was to create an illustrated narrative that retold an ancient myth in a modern, technological context. The images were analyzed through a visual and social semiotic lens in order to understand this particular group's assumptions about human and technological relations. Although technology is often implicitly associated with modernist terms (such as instrumental or utilitarian), postmodern interpretations of technology are becoming more culturally widespread and are garnering closer examination. Analyses of the images drawn by the principal artist suggest postmodern interpretations of human-technological integration. Rather than showcasing modernist qualities of completeness and instrumentality, technological integration in the selected artworks appeared to be depicted as partial, fetishized, and simulated.
Semiotica, Walter de Gruyter
Print ISSN: 0037-1998
Volume: 2006, 09/2006
Pages: 383 - 408