Technology And Its Impact On Art

Spurred on by exhibitions, industry sponsorship and education programmes, the artists of the 1960s began to grapple with the space age. The launch of Sputnik in 1957 prompted a new interest in the world of the machine, yet the artistic approach to technology differed from the Futurist and Constructivist precedent. Technology did not hold utopian potential; rather the artists of the 1960s adopted varied approaches, ranging from sheer admiration to fearful pessimism. However, by the end of the 1960s technology became closely associated with the American war effort. The negativity that developed in response resulted in the technological work of artists such as Jean Tinguely and Robert Rauschenberg being pushed aside in favour of Conceptualism. Jean Tinguely’s Homage to New York (1960) and Robert Rauschenberg’s Soundings (1968) will be used to explore how these particular artists responded to the rising technology, and the extent to which artist and scientist collaborated.

Early computer art stemmed from an unlikely place and as the computer technology advanced, minimized, and became affordable, the computer turned into the most important invention of the modern age and has been implemented in almost every aspect of human life. Like video art, computer art started small and progressed with the technology and now is a tool used for many digital mediums.

The invention of the camera brought about the ability to reproduce art and images to anyone and anywhere in the world. Therefore, as art is now “transmittable” (Berger), paintings have lost their original meaning and became ambiguous by giving people the ability

“Art Form For The Digital Age,” by Henry Jenkins is about gaming expanding and how it's being considered a digital art. The growing game industry is said to be the most growing form of art in the economy today.

Art is created and enjoyed by various individuals across the world for different reasons. An Artwork expands and extends our shared visual language and helps in developing new ways of seeing familiar things (Tomaž 29-32). It also assists in interpreting events and new situations through different perspectives. The values and focus of artwork in the new world are finding their footing and taking completely new directions. In the new world, there are echoes of artistic movement and postmodern tradition that is mainly considering originality over a technicality when it comes to artwork (Sooful 2). Today, especially with improved technology, artists have designed new artistic skills that facilitate them to develop an artwork that is highly skillful and unique at the same time. The field of artistic has greatly expounded and has accommodated individuals with varying skills that have significantly improved the artwork (Sooful 5). Here are the top 3

In all areas of art, be it music, fashion, painting, sculpture or architecture, are influenced by the changing times. In one manner or another, art is ultimately controlled either by the people or for the people. Influences by way of religion and politics, coupled with a desire to support or object, seem to be a reoccurring theme among many eras. Additionally, as with all things, who the financially stronger were at the time had a major influence over what the artists would be expected to create. In the past, many times it was the church that had the greatest say in the overall acceptance of art, resulting in decades of works created with a spiritual connotation. At times, this was a blatantly religious messages, such as Leonardo da Vinci’s

Lynn Hershman’s work ‘DiNA’ by all aspects comes under the wide umbrella of the term ‘Art’. As any medium that can communicate and express an artist’s idea and thoughts can be called as art. Electronic and digital media is becoming the new form of communication and slowly making its mark in the art fields as a medium. Although it’s an unconventional way but its reach to the audience is the same as a painting or any other art form.

Digital art is work of art that uses digital technology or a computer as either a medium or a creative tool. In the 1970s, a number of artists had begun to teach themselves to program, rather than relying on collaborations with computer programmers. The 1980s saw digital technologies reach into everyday life, with the widely adopted computers for both business and personal use. The term 'Computer Art' is used less frequently to describe artists and designers working with the computer today. Many artists who now work with computers incorporate this technology into their practice as just one tool amongst many that they may use interchangeably. Web art works “The Mirror that Changes”, “24-Hour Venus”, and “I Wish I Was Born in a Hollywood Movie” are all Digital art forms that uses light, video, and sound to evoke emotion.

Many artists around the world work with a canvas, on paper, and many other ways of drawing, even since computers and technology became mainstream artist have also started using the digital world as their canvas. I started digital art when I first started on the computer and I’ve been hooked ever since. Digital art is a great way of drawing without making a mess on your desk, it’s all accomplished in files and programs on your computer. In the beginning there wasn’t really any programs that allowed you to freely draw what you wanted. When Windows XP first came out, many creative minds started to realize there was a program called “Paint” on their desktop. Paint wasn’t a very cutting-edge program but it was advanced for its time and many digital artists started with it. I actually believe that it is indeed much easier to use a computer to draw than it is on a canvas or

“History repeats itself in every aspect of life, but more predictably in art” (Clarke, 347). Brett Martin states when art attempts to take a step forward in today’s society through technology, “it is met with a lack of respect, indifference, or indignation, and must go through an acceptance process by the art world” (Clarke, 347). The idea of what art truly is varies by different beliefs and cultures. Martin states “certain paintings are viewed with differing amounts of significance” (Clarke, 351). There are those who believe in order for something to be defined as a piece of art, it must be accepted by the world. However, if art is seen differently by every person, how can it possibly be accepted as art by the world?

A large amount of the images in which society today views are reproductions, via the internet and television. Whether they are physical reproductions, or a picture or video taken of the original image, Berger believes that the reproduction of art eradicates the original meaning of many works of art. “They have entered the mainstream of life over which they no longer, in themselves, have power” (Berger 159).

The age of digital art began in the 1980s and is still present among the millennials. Dominantly impacting every form of life, technology worse than a virus has become a way of life. Evidence of technology’s supremacy on humanity lies within our grasp, through the form of communication, production and maintenance. Artists have exponentially increased their way and limitations in producing more work depending on the possibilities the digital age has provided. Over the decades, programs have been created for the enhancement of digital art. A lot more things can be done on computers and digital software on these computers enable such possibility. Due this change, is there a possibility that an exchange is being made? At what cost are striving for change and diversity.

In this essay tittle I’m going to discuss the paths traditional recognitions between painting, photography and filmmaking blurred the lines and challenged between each other. New times and developments call for a rethinking of the essence of art. Changing not only the relationship of man to the world, but his vision of the artist, the viewer and the work of the whole, there is a need for new methods of communication, new forms of art. In the world of cultural practices have not yet removed the question of whether all can become the object of art. The old borders have already disappeared, new boundaries are still unclear. Hence, the activity of artists turns to explore fresh areas in the art world by adapting into a modern

Walter Benjamin’s work on the concept of ‘aura’ has clarified and elucidated why art and other media are perceived the way they are. Benjamin’s ‘The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction’ provides an in depth insight as to the transformation of art in this new modern world. Benjamin’s concept of aura explains why the new age of technological mass reproduction has had such an effect on contemporary and classic art. He argues that with easily accessible methods of replication, the artwork simply loses its uniqueness and individuality. When investigating how aura would be applied to the modern method of sharing images through a site such as Twitter, an interesting conversation emerges. Twitter is a 21st century social networking site used by millions in which users share ideas, images, news, etc. with one another. The way in which Twitter users sabotage aura through the utilization of images and content is in alignment with the way Walter Benjamin felt about reproductions.

Digital art is a general term for a range of works by the artists who use digital technologies as a major part of the processes of creation and representation (Paul, 2006). Specifically, digital technology refers to the application of computers as media and partners for the artists in creating art works. However, digital industry is often a vague term and does not clearly define the final form of the art work. In his book called Art of The Digital Age, Wands (2006) has classified digital art works based on their final tool to digital prints, sculpture, installations and virtual reality, performance, music and art of sounds, video and animation, software, databank, and the art of gaming. He says although many digital arts including digital picture