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    The influence of cell phone connectivity on art which is considered a form of relational aestheticsThe 1990s were marked by a transformation in many aspects of social life, including art. The digitalization of society thanks to the emergence of the Internet and the advent of mobile phones has considerably transformed human relationships and society as a whole. Art and aesthetics have been greatly influenced by the advancement of network technology in society since the 1990s. As noted cultural critic and author of cyberculture Tofts (2005) explains in his aptly titled article FCL-039 tsk tsk tsk & Beyond: Anticipating Distributed Aesthetics, “the social concept of networked communities, which preoccupied us in the 1990s, has its correlative in a particular aspect of aesthetics” (Tofts, 2005). The cell phone is one of the key tools that has networked society by increasing connectivity between people. The digitalization and networking of society has not only changed the way art is produced and distributed, but also the way it is defined in the context of human relationships. To further explain, Tofts (2005) points out that digital forms of artistic production, distribution and interaction such as the Internet and multi-user platforms, including mobile phones, "have altered the spatial and temporal dimensions of this which constitutes an artistic event and an experience”. of it” (Tofts, 2005). Indeed, in the 1990s, the approach to analyzing and categorizing fine art shifted from a perception of the artist as a central figure in artistic production to one in which the artist is considered as the catalyst rather than the object at the center. In this article, the influence of cell phone connectivity on art is considered...... middle of article......Bourriaud, N. (2002). The culture of post-production as a scenario: how art reprograms the world. New York, NY: Lukas & Stemberg. Bourriaud, N. (2002). Relational aesthetics. Paris: Les Presses du Reel. Farias, G. (2011). Everyday aesthetics in contemporary art. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, Vol. 3, no. 3, 440-447. Krauss, R. (1978). Video: The aesthetics of narcissism. In JH (Ed), Video Culture: A Critical Investigation (pp. 179-191). New York, NY: Video Studies Workshop, 1986.McLuhan, M. (1964). “The medium is the message.” In Understanding Media: Extensions of Man (pp. 23-35). New York, NY: Bookmark. Tofts, D. (2005). FCJ-039 tsk tsk tsk & Beyond: Anticipating distributed aesthetics. The Fibreculture Journal, issue 7, available online at: http://seven.fibreculturejournal.org/fcj-039-beyond-anticipating-distributed-aesthetics/.