A companion to digital art / edited by Christiane Paul.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Paul, Christiane, editor.

Series:

Blackwell Companions to Art History ; 9.

Wiley Blackwell Companions to Art History 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 608 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley Blackwell, 2016.

Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2016.

Language Note:

English.

Summary:

Reflecting the dynamic creativity of its subject, this definitive guide spans the evolution, aesthetics, and practice of today’s digital art, combining fresh, emerging perspectives with the nuanced insights of leading theorists. Showcases the critical and theoretical approaches in this fast-moving discipline Explores the history and evolution of digital art; its aesthetics and politics; as well as its often turbulent relationships with established institutions Provides a platform for the most influential voices shaping the current discourse surrounding digital art, combining fresh, emerging perspectives with the nuanced insights of leading theorists Tackles digital art’s primary practical challenges – how to present, document, and preserve pieces that could be erased forever by rapidly accelerating technological obsolescence Up-to-date, forward-looking, and critically reflective, this authoritative new collection is informed throughout by a deep appreciation of the technical intricacies of digital art

Contents:

Title Page ; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors ; Acknowledgments; Introduction: From Digital to Post-Digital-Evolutions of an Art Form ; Histories of Digital Art ; Network Cultures: The Politics of Digital Art ; Digital Art and the Institution ; Note ; References ; Part I Histories of Digital Art ; Chapter 1 The Complex and Multifarious Expressions of Digital Art and Its Impact on Archives and Humanities ; Introduction; Media Art's Revolution?; Media Art's Multifarious Potential for Complex Expression; Media Art and the Humanities

Image Science: From the Image Atlas to the Virtual MuseumArt History-Visual Studies-Image Science; Complex Imagery; Collective Strategies: New Tools for the Humanities; The Archive of Digital Art (formerly Database of Virtual Art); Bridging the Gap: New Developments in Thesaurus Research; Media Art Education; The Problem of Media Art Documentation Today-Future Needs; A New Structure for Media Art Research; Notes; References ; Further Reading ; Chapter 2 International Networks of Early Digital Arts ; The IT Sector as Capitalist Dream of Growth

The Emergence of Digital Arts and Related NetworksBridging Analog and Digital Art in New Tendencies; Digital Art Networks of the 1980s; Is It Possible to Organize a Meta-Network? ; Conclusion; Notes ; References ; Further Reading ; Chapter 3 Art in the Rear-View Mirror: The Media-Archaeological Tradition in Art ; Artists and Media Archaeology-Before the Beginnings; Art, Technology, and the Past in the 1950s and 1960s; Avant-Garde Cinema, New Film Historicism, and Archaeologies of Projection ; New Media Art, Media Archaeology, and Female Media Artists

Alternative Archaeologies of Moving Images and Sounds: Toshio Iwai and Paul DeMarinisConclusion: The Media-Archaeological Turn ; Notes; References ; Further Reading ; Chapter 4 Proto-Media Art: Revisiting Japanese Postwar Avant-garde Art ; An Overview of Postwar Avant-garde Art ; Collectives, Exhibitions, and Organizations; East Asian Avant-garde Art after World War II ; From Experimental Art to Digital Media Art; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Generative Art Theory ; Introduction; What Is Generative Art?; Complexity, Systems, and Generative Art; The Future of Generative Art; Notes ; References

Chapter 6 Digital Art at the Interface of Technology and Feminism Exclusions and Exceptions; Inclusions; Cyberfeminist Critique; Networking Communities; Hacktivist Pedagogy; Representation, Change, and Fabriculture; References ; Further Reading ; Chapter 7 The Hauntology of the Digital Image ; Notes; References; Chapter 8 Participatory Art: Histories and Experiences of Display ; A First Thesis; A Second Thesis; A Third Thesis; Four Case Studies of Dynamic Displays; Conclusion: Toward an Art of Participation; Notes; References; Part II Aesthetics of Digital Art

Chapter 9 Small Abstract Aesthetics

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Companion to digital art.

ISBN:

9781786848765

1786848767

9781119225744

1119225744

9781118475188

1118475186

OCLC:

957979788