Contemporary Digitalised Existence

The painter Patrick Collins described originality in terms of uncharted landscapes, figuring the Celtic imagination as ‘an untilled field’ and revelling in the ‘unmuddied stream of art in Ireland.’ But how has digital culture changed our access to new aesthetic territories? How can we be original in a networked world based on replication, repetition, and constant sharing? Laurence Scott will explore digital culture’s impact on individualism and artistic innovation. Laurence Scott is the author of The Four-Dimensional Human: Ways of Being in the Digital World.