The world of digital art / Wolf Lieser

The DVD shows examples of digital movies, computer generated animations, software recordings, or documentations of other works. They reflect the variety of aesthetical concepts, which all have one thing in common: they were realized by using a computer.

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Foreword -- What is digital art? ; digital art in the news ; roots and randomness-a perspective on the beginnings of digital art -- Computer graphics ; plotter, plots, and plotting-why? ; the collage as a deliberate stylistic device ; digital fabrication -- Animations and 3D in art ; virtual reality ; the whole world is a stage. art on virtual platforms -- Net art ; etoy-corporate identity on the net -- Software art ; my view ; low-tech as a means of design-ASCII art ; rhizome.org ; processing -- Hacktivism ; phantom pains -- Interactive objects and art in public space ; CAVE-a virtual environment ; when reality and virtuality become one ; robot art -- Computer games and art -- Media facades-digital art in public space ; artistic interfaces for public space ; art media architecture -- Outlook ; digital art in art museums ; recollections of a collector -- Biographies -- Websites -- Glossary -- Artist index -- Bibliography -- DVD info and thank you! -- Picture credits.

"The computer has changed the world, and art with it. DIGITAL ART encompasses artworks made with a computer, a medium which lends completely new possibilities to the production of art. Digital art covers a broad spectrum, from plotter drawings and self-written programs, interactive installations, net art, and computer games, to media facades. This book provides the reader with an overview of the genre, ranging from the 1960s until present times. Moreover, it also presents important positions and artists from all over the world. Curators, artists, and representatives of art institutions have their say in short essays, which give us different perspectives on the topic. On the enclosed CD, you will find 12 examples of animated software works and digital films, made by renowned artists. Galerist Wolf Lieser has dedicated himself to digital art and is one of the most competent international experts of the genre." -- Tomado de la contraportada.