Tracing the matter of artworks and technical artifacts from within its own inherent qualities, Practical Aestheticsproposes an operational approach to its objects of research. These paradigmatic case studies re-interpret the aesthetics of multi-media artworks and artifacts as an encounter between human cognition and the physically real.With its focus on moving images, sound art, and other artistic and media-cultural practice, Practical Aesthetics is the academic companion to practice-based artistic research. * Wolfgang Ernst, Professor of Media Theories, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany * Bringing together some of the most interesting voices at the intersections of theories and practices of media and culture, Practical Aesthetics raises important questions and ventures fascinating answers concerning the shifting terrain between art and technologythus opening the path towards a rigorously philosophical way of thinking with and through material objects and practices. * Shane Denson, Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies, Stanford University, USA * Herzogenraths Practical Aesthetics offers a timely approach to thinking about aesthetics, not merely as a philosophical exercise, but as a fulcrum for commencing new modes of living in complex times. * Jason Wallin, Professor of Media and Youth Culture Studies in Curriculum, The University of Alberta, Canada *
