New media art comprises artworks made using electronic media technologies, including virtual art, computer graphics, computer animation, digital art, interactive art, sound art, internet art, video games, robotics, 3D printing, immersive installation and cyborg art. The term is defined by the resulting artwork, which sets it apart from work made through conventional visual arts such as architecture, painting or sculpture.
Facts
MediumElectronic media technologies 1 Signature TechniqueInteraction between the artwork and its observer 1 Place of Origin Notable ExampleNam June Paik's sculptural installations of television sets 1 Connections
Associated With
Digital Art, Art Forms Digital Art and New Media Art are closely related contemporary practices, both built on computer and electronic technology as the primary creative medium.
Sound Art, Art Forms New media art and sound art overlap substantially in contemporary practice, both employing electronic, computational and time-based technology as the working medium.
Sources
1. New Media Art (Wikipedia)
WikipediaNew media art, lead section
New media art includes artworks designed and produced by means of electronic media technologies.
New media art, History section
Vostell's work influenced Nam June Paik, who created sculptural installations featuring hundreds of television sets that displayed distorted and abstract footage.
New media art, History section, Chicago 1970s sentence
Beginning in Chicago during the 1970s, there was a surge of artists experimenting with video art and combining recent computer technology with their traditional mediums, including sculpture, photography, and graphic design.
New media art, lead section, interaction sentence
New media art may involve degrees of interaction between artwork and observer or between the artist and the public, as is the case in performance art.
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