Nicolas Thély

^[FR] teaches digital art, aesthetics, and humanities at Université de Rennes 2. As an art critic and theorist he has published Corps, art vidéo et numérique (2005), Mes favoris (2007) et Le Tournant numérique de l’esthétique (2011). Since 2007 he has been heading the Basse Définition research project which aims to show how algorithms such as PageRank, MP3, MPEG, and GIF have restructured the sensorial environment and creative power of contemporary artists.