The search for the right way to deal with the flood of digital information and images that change in the relationship between man and technology as well as the associated tendency to progressive Entkoperlichung are topics that are widely discussed today. In his artistic work and the experimental use of new media and the avant-garde, Bauhaus teacher Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) anticipated the current debate; already in the 1920s, he was convinced that people need support to cope with sensory overstimulation in an increasingly technologised and digitised environment. Here Moholy-Nagy's foresight proved to be almost prophetic. In this volume, Oliver A I Botar examines the ways in which Moholy-Nagy has dealt with technology in his work and explores the extent to which he was to be regarded as a pioneer of the digital. In addition, he wants to introduce younger readers to the seminal figure and underline the relevance of Moholy-Nagy's work in relation to artistic practise today.
