The New Aesthetic(s)¹⁾

The New Aesthetic is a genuine aesthetic movement with a weak aesthetic metaphysics –bruce sterling

The New Aesthetic is comprehensible. It’s easier to perceive than, for instance, the “surrealism” of a fur-covered teacup. Your Mom could get it. It’s funny. It’s pop. It’s transgressive and punk. Parts of it are cute. It’s also deep. If you want to get into arcane matters such as interaction design, computational aesthetics, covert surveillance, military tech, there’s a lot of room for that activity in the New Aesthetic. The New Aesthetic carries a severe, involved air of Pynchonian erudition. –bruce sterling

• http://booktwo.org/notebook/sxaesthetic/
• http://new-aesthetic.tumblr.com/
• http://www.riglondon.com/blog/2011/05/06/the-new-aesthetic/
• http://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2011/05/26/new-aesthetic.php
• http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2012/04/an-essay-on-the-new-aesthetic/
• http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/blog/in-response-to-bruce-sterlings-essay-on-the-new-aesthetic
• http://technoccult.net/archives/2012/03/26/the-new-aestetic-and-future-fatigue/
• http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2012/04/generation-generator-new-aesthetic

“can the new aesthetic be more than a meme? More to the point, does it want to be? Is it capable of a direction? Can it be serious?” http://www.furtherfield.org/features/reviews/banality-new-aesthetic

“We're going to have to design-fiction a political module quickly. And then, worse: we must fab it, and get it into the field.” http://www.poszu.com/2012/04/03/new-aesthetics-new-politics/