Conceptul de mimesis și noile tehnologii digitale

Studiu de caz: Studio Drift

Abstract

This text explores the connections and interpretative possibilities created
between mimesis — a Platonic concept broadly understood as the
representation of reality or the imitation of a model — and new visual forms
that expand and transform the concept of reproduction. The relationship
between the real and the virtual is analysed and redefined through works by
Studio Drift (founded in 2007 by Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta) that
straddle the boundaries between sculpture, performance, and installation art.
The analysed body of works transitions from pieces with an architectural
character to kinetic installations that take the structures and principles of
natural processes and transform them creatively. Consequently, mimicry is
expanded from formal imitation to a creative approach dissolving the
boundaries between art, design, and scientific research through an
innovative, multidisciplinary process.