Art as a contemplative
mirror of contemporary life
 Historically,
the arts have been crucial in allowing civilizations to experience
truths about their state and thus acquire self-knowledge.
 From
the ancient times until recently the arts have been described as
functioning as
a mirror of life. The arts have been the explorer of the future
and the unknown, preparing the ground for the future to become
the present.
 Art has the ability to
create formalized, controlled representations of life. It represents
the ideal testing ground for the exploration
of emerging, complex concepts like the creation of integrated physical-digital
experiences.
 The
arts in the Rennaisance helped shape structural decisions for a humanistic,
man-made physical world.
Similarly,
today, the arts can help shape the design of a humanistic, hybrid
physical-digital world.
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