Institute of Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media
Organisational unit: Institute
Organisation profile
The ICAM researches the conditions, effects and aesthetics of digital media in connection with processes of culturalization, the technologization of social and economic relations, and the generation and archiving of knowledge. Our studies reflect on how (digital) media always also contribute to shaping the signs and objects they store, transmit or process in a specific way. At the same time, we are interested in how certain cultural techniques contribute to shaping the usage and areas of application of digital media.
Researchers at the ICAM explore the cultural and technological history of digital media—from cybernetics and the beginnings of the computer all the way to present-day network technologies, from textual and acoustic to visual forms of media representation, and from the classics to current concepts of media theory formation.
Main research areas
The ICAM researches the conditions, effects and aesthetics of digital media in connection with processes of culturalization, the technologization of social and economic relations, and the generation and archiving of knowledge. Our studies reflect on how (digital) media always also contribute to shaping the signs and objects they store, transmit or process in a specific way. At the same time, we are interested in how certain cultural techniques contribute to shaping the usage and areas of application of digital media.
In the different core areas researchers at the ICAM explore the cultural and technological history of digital media—from cybernetics and the beginnings of the computer all the way to present-day network technologies, from textual and acoustic to visual forms of media representation, and from the classics to current concepts of media theory formation.
The ICAM maintains close institutional contact and cooperates with the Leuphana, e.g., the Moving Image Lab of the Innovation Incubator, the Leuphana College, the Leuphana Arts Program and the Leuphana Graduate School. Furthermore, the ICAM is responsible for the Audio and Video Labs of the Computer and Media Center of Leuphana.
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Spannung, Spiel und Schwarzgerät. Zur Kulturtechnik des Unboxing
Müggenburg, J., 2012, In: Off topic. 5, 4, p. 30-34 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Medienkonfigurationen als Teil (musikalisch-)ästhetischer Prozesse
Großmann, R., 2012, Ästhetik x Dispositiv: Die Erprobung von Erfahrungsfeldern. Bippus, E., Huber, J. & Nigro, R. (eds.). Zürich: Springer-Verlag Wien, p. 207-216 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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303, MPC, A/D: Popmusik und die Ästhetik digitaler Gestaltung
Großmann, R., 2013, Performativität und Medialität Populärer Kulturen: Theorien, Ästhetiken, Praktiken. Kleiner, M. & Wilke, T. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer, p. 299-319 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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»Chop that record up!«: Zum Sampling als performative Medienpraxis
Pelleter, M., 2013, Performativität und Medialität populärer Kulturen: Theorien – Ästhetiken – Praktiken. Kleiner, M. S. & Wilke, T. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 391-414 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Kulturfreie Bilder: Erfindungen der Voraussetzungslosigkeit
Pias, C. (Editor), 29.05.2013, (Accepted/In press) 1 ed. Berlin: Kulturverlag Kadmos . 215 p. (Copyrights; no. 19)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Synchronschwimmen: Von Schlafmaschinen zu Swarm Intelligence
Vehlken, S., 2013, Kulturtechniken der Synchronisation. Kassung, C. & Macho, T. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 131-160 29 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Dekonstruktion und Evidenz: Ver(un)sicherungen in Medienkulturen. Sulzbach / Taunus: Ulrike Helmer Verlag, 2011, 292 S.
Maier, T., 11.2012, In: Feministische Studien. 30, 2, p. 343-345 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Move(ns). Zum Bildtransfer in der Architektur
Stöcklmayr, N., 2012, Image Match : Visueller Transfer, 'Imagescapes' und Intervisualität in globalen Bildkulturen. Baleva, M., Reichle, I. & Lerone Schultz, O. (eds.). München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 193 - 211 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Constructions and Reconstructions. The Architectural Image between Rendering and Photography
Stöcklmayr, N., 2012, In: Photoresearcher. 18, p. 69 - 77 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Symbolischer Wert und Warenwert
Rudolph, S. & Wuggenig, U., 2012, Das Kunstfeld: Eine Studie über Akteure und Institutionen der zeitgenössischen Kunst am Beispiel von Zürich, Wien, Hamburg und Paris. Munder, H. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). Zürich: JRP Ringier Verlag, p. 315-341 27 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research