Intellect

Authors:  Max Schleser And  Camille Baker And  Kasia Molga 
DOI: 10.1386/jmpr.10.2-3.101_1

Keywords
mobile media, pixel aesthetics, digital fine art, mobile-mentry (mobile-documentary), performance media

Abstract
In this article, three London-based creative practitioners examine the new emerging possibilities of mobile media in the domain of art and media practice. The three practice-based research projects reflect their diverse backgrounds and perspectives within the emerging field of mobile media, in an effort to define the new genre of mobile media art aesthetics. Despite the different approaches towards working with mobile media, a shared original aesthetic emerges specific to the mobile phone. The article focuses on the pixilated, low-resolution mobile screen aesthetic, interface, production processes and uses, made possible by the mobile phone, revealing their contribution to the field of screen media in the decade of HD. Within the collaborative examination of the work, the authors attempt to define an emerging category of Mobile Media Art.