How does artistic practice lead to the production of knowledge? How does, in turn, artistic knowledge relate to its material base? How does contingent materiality guide the artist towards finding form and developing a statement? This volume is dedicated to the object as a process in order to offer new insights into the ways the object - broadly construed, comprising digital and other non-classical objects - becomes an active element in artistic practice.

Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen (Prof. Dr.) is a philosopher, art theorist, curator and currently professor of art theory and curatorial studies at Freie Universität Bozen. He was visiting professor at Columbia University in New York, he became Rektor of Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien (2001-2011). His research focuses on art theory, philosophy, artistic practices and contemporary art.German A. Duarte (Dr.) is a media theorist, film scholar, film editor and currently assistant professor of film and media studies at Freie Universität Bozen. His research interests include the history of media, film history, cognitive cultural economy and philosophy.