The Hermeneutics of Digital Art: Reconstructing Judgments of Taste in Light of Contemporary Techno-Aesthetics

Abstract

This research aims to provide a philosophical, hermeneutic approach to the aesthetic transformations imposed by contemporary technology on the structure of artwork and its reception. The research problem stems from the hypothesis that the integration of digital technology and artificial intelligence in art production has destabilized classical aesthetic criteria (Kantian and Hegelian) founded on human originality and the materiality of the artwork. Through three sections, the study deconstructs the concept of techno-aesthetics, interrogates the dimensions of digital reception, and reconstructs judgments of taste using a critical-hermeneutic method. The value of this research lies in offering a new interpretive framework suitable for contemporary art institutes and art criticism, overcoming the crisis of traditional interpretation faced with cybernetic and virtual arts.