Abstract
The discussion about arts and thinghood has been a long debate. In this highly digitalized age, while this discussion serves as a continuation of the theoretical exploration of classical aesthetics and formalism, it also generates many brand-new conceptualizations following the material turn and the beginning of the posthuman era. This phenomenon is rooted in the questioning of digital arts' thinghood as well as new interpretations of thinghood. When things have their unique agencies, how do digital things exhibit and operate their agency? What is the relationship between digital arts and things? This key question also relates to more cutting-edge discussions, including more contemporary views of media, a re-understanding of AI art. With such a theoretical view, a grander conceptualization of Zoe dissolves some traditional debates on art ontology and ethics concerning AI, and turns our focus towards the non-anthropocentric assemblage.
Keywords
agency, assemblage, digital art, thinghood, posthuman
First Page
11
Last Page
21
Recommended Citation
Wang, Moxiao. 2025. "An Agency of the Posthuman Era: Re-understanding Digital Arts as Things." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 45, (3): pp.11-21. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol45/iss3/2
