Abstract
This paper presents a novel characterization of new media art together with an exploration of some key aspects of its practice: I propose that new media art’s defining characteristics are media appropriation and explicitation. With media appropriation I refer to the dialectal inscription into the art practice of the knowledge that allows for some particular technological production. I also propose that new media art’s language is constructed in part via the explicitation of certain aspects of more ‘traditional’ art, and that this explicitation allows for a construction of a new vocabulary. Examples of this are the explicitation of randomness, interaction, programming, or of the role that tools and instruments play, among others.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 27-36 |
| Journal | Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Research Keywords
- Appropriation
- Art theory
- Explicitation
- New media art
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