Abstract
KeMCo hosted the exhibition “Ephemera: Printed Matter and Expression”, focusing on printed ephemera in 2024. This exhibition provided an opportunity to reconsider the materiality of institutional publications, particularly as a means to trace time-based works, conceptual art, and performances—the expression that do not leave physical objects. Over time, the forms of publications and information dissemination diversified as media shifted from printed matter to the Internet. The field of media art was particularly responsive to these shifts in information transmission media. For example, Mediamatic, established in the Netherlands in 1983, initially produced magazines as platforms for discussion and later evolved to CD-ROM publications and online information sharing, reflecting the changing times. This paper examines the media characteristics of printed matter, and investigates how the role of publications has changed in the context of a more multimedia-oriented era. It focuses on the relationship between communication media and forms of expression within the field of media art, which often features referential expressions on communication media and media technologies.
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