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Title A companion to digital art / edited by Christiane Paul
Published Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2016

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 608 pages) : illustrations
Series Blackwell companions to art history ; 9.
Contents Histories of digital art -- Aesthetics of digital art -- Network cultures : the politics of digital art -- Digital art and the institution
Summary Digital art is a complex and vibrantly dynamic form whose diversity reflects the exponential growth curve in computing power. This new Companion to the genre gives readers an inclusive, in-depth understanding of digital art, covering its history and evolution, aesthetics, and politics, as well as its often turbulent relationships with established institutions. The volume provides a platform for the most influential voices shaping the current discourse surrounding digital art. Their nuanced insights afford a robust and coherent appreciation of the current state of the field-and the possible paths its future development may follow
Combining the seasoned perspectives of leading international experts with fresh work by emerging scholars, the Companion tackles key issues in digital art. It showcases critical and theoretical approaches from across the spectrum, taking in art-historical, philosophical, political, and gendered perspectives, among many others. The volume also covers 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
Christiane Paul is Associate Professor in the School of Media Studies at the New School, New York, USA, and also Adjunct Curator of New Media Arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Professor Paul is a noted curator who oversees the Whitney's artport web site and has for more than a decade conceived and administered the museum's new media exhibitions --Book Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Computer art.
ART -- Digital.
Computer art.
digital kunst.
Form Electronic book
Author Paul, Christiane, editor.
LC no. 2015040809
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