For us to define new art, we must first be able to have a definition of
what ‘old’ art is, or what art was initially referred to as. Wikipedia defines
art as “a diverse range of human activities and the
products of those activities; this article focuses primarily on the visual arts, which includes
the creation of images or objects in fields including painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and other
visual media” (Wikipedia).
Initially, art was used as a way for artists to express their feeling
and/or opinions to the world. Famous artworks include Leonardo Da Vinci's, Mona
Lisa and Sistine Chapel as well as artists such as Picasso and Van Gogh. It
was about an artist outing paint to canvas and through the brush, expressing
their feelings to the world.
Today, with the aid of new technologies and advanced types of media, new
art has developed into an online trend for users of new technologies to create
different ways of expressing these ideas and emotions. While the reason people
create art has stayed the same, the way in which art is produced and the
aesthetics of it is the difference, which is why we have (old) art and new art.
The most interesting thing I understood from the links of the readings
was how all the sites had visually appearing images that constantly moved. When
computers were initially created, we were presented with many 2D objects that
would lead us to other 2D objects. Today, we are constantly viewing these 3D
images online that are constantly moving and are interactive. As well as this,
new art tend to be higher produces of transduction, referring to the energy
used to produce certain things and the transformations between different energy
types (Whitelaw, 2009). This is commonly found in digital media as well as how
patterns shift through time and space.
The aesthetics within new art is what has led it to become such a
popular part of people’s everyday life today. Even if you look at Google today,
the Google logo is an interactive one, as it celebrates the birthday of Julius
Richard Petri, “a German bacteriologist who is credited with inventing the
Petri dish” – Google. It is because of these types of technologies and ways
that people can create visually appearing image that has led to the success new
art has today.
Screenshots from Google - 31st May 2013
References:
Whitelaw, Mitchell (2009) ‘Transduction, Transmateriality and Expanded
Computing’, The Teeming Void < http://teemingvoid.blogspot.com/2009/01/transduction-transmateriality-and.html
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