Convergence Arts/media in the Era of Web 2.0

Analysis of Wish Cafe and Garden of Stories

Authors

  • Jazmín Adler Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET). Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero. Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/23142502e016

Keywords:

Arts, contemporaneity, convergence, media, web 2.0

Abstract

This article addresses some of the expressions of the convergence between arts and media in the era of Web 2.0. The paper analyses two new media artworks that display the emergence of those cultural transformations: Wish Café (Leonardo Solaas, digital platform, 2009) and The Garden of Stories (Project Biopus Group, interactive installation, 2012). From a comparative investigation, the article concludes by stating that user-generated content is a crucial feature of both works. Nevertheless, the main difference among them is that the two projects exemplify dissimilar expressions of the convergence between arts and media.

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Published

2019-09-21

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Adler, J. (2019). Convergence Arts/media in the Era of Web 2.0: Analysis of Wish Cafe and Garden of Stories. Boletín De Arte, (19), e016. https://doi.org/10.24215/23142502e016

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No. 19 (2019): Boletín de Arte 19

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