Digital Arts

Cat Hope is Associate Professor at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts at Edith Cowan University. She is an active composer and performer who also works in video art and installation.John Charles Ryan is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Communications and Arts at Edith Cowan University, Western Australia. He is an internationally published poet with interests in the digital humanities and ecocriticism.

• Acknowledgements Chapter 1: IntroductionWhat Is Digitality?What Is Digital Art?Digital Art And Its Relatives: Understanding The TypologiesNew Media ArtElectronic Art Computer Art Internet ArtPost-Media AestheticsBehaviourist ArtTelematic ArtVirtual ArtUnstable Media ArtPerspectives On Technology, Culture And The Digital Arts DemocratizationGlobalization InterdisciplinarityAn Outline Of The Following ChaptersSummaryChapter 2: Key Concepts, Artistic Influences And Technological Origins Of The Digital ArtsInteraction, Immersion And Interface: Key Ideas For The Digital Arts The Digital Arts In Perspective: Influential Art-Historical Contexts Old And New Media: Technological Contexts For The Digital Arts Summary Chapter 3: Dumb Visions And Fabulous Images: Photographic, Drawn And Moving Image Key Concepts Historical Precedents For Digital Images The Challenges And Rewards Of Technological Change What Is A Digital Photograph?Digital Imagery In All Its Dimensions The Moving Image: Video Art, Animation And Cinema Video ArtAnimationCinemaInstallation Art SummaryChapter 4:Dancing At The Speed Of Light: The Digital In PerformanceCyberpunks In CyberspaceTheoretical TermsRemediation AbjectionTheoretical Considerations History Technology Case Studies Dance And ChoreographyTheatre And Performance Art Cyborgs, Robots And BioartistsVirtual Reality SummaryChapter 5: From Scratchy To Glitchy: The Creation, Performance And Installation Of Digital Music A Drastic Change For The Direction Of MusicWhat Is A Digital Sound?The Tools Of Digital Music Composing And Performing With Digital Sounds Digital As A Means: Collecting And ProducingConsuming Digital MusicThe Future Unfolding: Interactivity And Liveness The Fragmentation Of Music SummaryChapter 6: The Possibilities Of A Web: Internet ArtWhat Is Internet Art?Interactivity, Agency And Community: Theoretical Considerations Performance, Chance And Innovation: A Brief History Of Internet Art Browsing, Coding And Networking: The Technology Of Internet ArtSummaryChapter 7: I Want It Now: Finding, Downloading And Distributing Digital Art Finding And File Sharing: Creative Culture In The Digital EraDownloading The Commons: The History Of Digital Arts DistributionDistributing The Digital: The Impact Of Key TechnologiesSummaryChapter 8: Ways Of Belonging: Archiving, Preserving And Remembering Digital ArtThe Idea Of Liveness: Preservation As Theory And ContingencyScoring The Work: Digital Arts Preservation Through Notation SystemsTowards Archival Interoperability: Arts Preservation And TechnologySummaryChapter 9: Conclusion: Hyperreality And The Digital Art Of The FutureReality And Hyperreality In Digital ArtHyperreality And Postdigital ArtNew Technological Frontiers And The Future Of Digital Art Ubiquitous Computing And Wearable TechnologyGaming And Networked EnvironmentsSocial MediaMobile TelecommunicationsOpen Source And Wiki ProjectsBack To Reality: Activism Through Digital ArtPrivacy And SurveillancePolitical And Social EquityEnvironment And SustainabilityMoist Media And Living InterfacesFinal Word: Digital Art CommunitiesAnnotated Guide To Further ReadingExercises And QuestionsBibliography Index

Digital Art tendencies and terms, both contemporary and historical, along with artists' innovations, both visionary and practical, are brought together in this immensely readable and well structured study of those arts of our time that have grown from the digital seeds planted in the previous century. All the branches are there, and many of the fruits they have borne, harvested with critical consideration and presented with scholarly insight.