Computers and art [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mealing, Stuart.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art and technology.

Computer art.

Digital art.

Local Subjects:

Art and technology.

Computer art.

Digital art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Intellect, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Insightful perspectives on the use of the computer as a tool for artists. The approaches taken vary from its historical, philosophical and practical implications to the use of computer technology in art practice. The contributors include an art critic, an educator, a practicing artist and a researcher. The Editor's contribution will look at the potential for future developments in the field, looking at both the artistic and the computational aspects of the field. This collection seeks to bring together the latest theories and advances in the use of computers in art as well as looking in a prac

Contents:

Front Cover; Preliminaries; Contents; Introduction; On drawing a circle; Why use computers to make drawings?; Representing representation: artificial intelligence and drawing; Some trends in computer graphic art; Fatal attraction: print meets computer; A year and a day on the road to Omniana; The art of interactivity: interactive installation from gallery to street; Networks and artworks: the failure of the user-friendly interface; Virtual reality and art; Visual technology and the poetics of knowledge

Post-modem art, or: Virtual reality as Trojan donkey, or: Horsetail tartan literature groin artArtificial consciousness - artificial art; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

978058520246X

0-585-20246-X

OCLC:

70741601