Revised Reading Response New Media Art
Beverly Williams 2602_sp19
New Media Art is difficult to define as it is ever changing based on technological advances. In Mark Tribe’s introduction to New Media Art he describes it as projects that make use of emerging media technologies and are concerned with the cultural, political and aesthetic possibilities of these tools. Some of this technology used for the production of art may include the world wide web, social media, google images, digital camera, wireless phones, surveillance cameras, graphic design, flicker, computer software, twitter, games, Facebook, television, and radio. Traditional media could include film camera, newspaper, television, radio, painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, and games. By looking into the past and fast forwarding to the present one can see how the old mediums merge with the new media.
New media art is thought to have begun around 1834 with the creation of moving photographic inventions. The first was the zerotype, a cylindrical device with photos on the inside and slits cut in the sides. The zerotype would spin around and the viewer would see the images whirl past providing them with the illusion of movement. Leap forward to today and virtual reality environments immerse one into the illusion of being in and participating in the picture.
Ai Weiwei, a chinese dissident artist and fearless tweeter uses social media for dissemination of some of his artworks. An example is his photographs of him dropping a Han Dynasty ceramic urn, one of his best known works.
New media games intersect with the traditional media of board games and card games. Both types of games are prolific in today’s society and can be played online with others or in the privacy of your home. The gaming artist uses the same design principles that any other artist would us. Cory Arcangel used traditional medium of the game super mario brothers. He accessed the software to isolate the clouds for his images. These digital images was displayed on numerous panels in the Lisson Gallery in Switzerland along with an digital image of a M29 soviet fighter jet.
Whether it be stone to stone, graphic to paper, or finger to mouse. Drawing has been with us for centuries. Whether an artist wishes to render a sketch, an abstract image or representational image, drawing is the base medium for most all artworks. Drawing is being done on computers with the assistance of new high powered graphic design programs, yet still following the traditional design principles.
The world has moved into a global art community thanks to technology. Numerous artists, from different parts of the world, are capable of working on the same project. Art The community allows for the collaboration and participation of all who have access to the internet.
New media draws on the lessons learned and taught from traditional media. It is really difficult to think of a new media that totally excludes traditional media. Artist has always looked to the past for inspiration, as they continue their evolution along with the technological evolution.
