Reading assignment 1 (due Jan. 25): Manovich, Lev. "Introduction: New Media from Borges to Html." The New Media Reader. Eds. Noah Wardrip-Fruin and Nick Montfort. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003.
In today's world we see the now and not the then, but really "its the histories of art, photography, video, telecommunication, design and, last but not least, the key cultural form of the twentieth century—cinema." We are to communicate all the decades and not just the now. We are always learning and improving, but to also remember from where it began.
"The computerization of culture not only leads to the emergence of new cultural forms such as computer games and virtual worlds; it redefines existing ones such as photography and cinema. " This perspective is interesting. Computerization lead to the emergence of Video games and cinema. While simultaneously transforming older forms of media, such as photography. This makes me wonder what will happen in the future? What new form of art will emerge? and how will it affect these newer forms of art (video games and cinema etc.)?
It was interesting to find that other countries (Europe and Japan) were the first to use technology the US invented and utilized it as a new art media. What I got from this reading is that New Media is always changing. What was once new is now not considered new anymore because of the newer technology coming out every single day that artists take and use to make their one of a kind art pieces.
The article was interesting in its way it expressed an ever changing media and its problem of it being a new/un-new. There's always a better way of doing art and the way it is being done. The idea of computer art is driving many old forms of art away, yet at the same time making them better. Take film photography. Finding film was hard and at one point I just wanted to give up and turn to Photoshop and deal with my photos there. Will the older art forms die away?
In the reading I found it informed me that the old ways of media art were built upon to make the new ways. The new ways have combine the old ways to make new media. Some other post wonder if old art forms will die, but I doubt they will. I do not recall any previous art forms dying, just new inovative ways to make those art forms were created.
I think the thing that stuck out the most to me was the point he made about how new media art has different copies and states where as traditional art is a one of a kind work.
Another point that I was questioning was the fact that people don't consider many things made for print or publication as new media art. However, in a sense aren't they partially new media productions because of their creation on the computer such as magazine covers and layouts?
Manovich's point that I found most interesting is his distinction between cyberculture and new media. I had always included cyberculture within the realm of new media since it contained similar qualities to other types covered under new media, such as the internet. Manovich explains that cyberculture is looking at social phenomena on the internet but does not directly relate to "new" material.
I was most interested in Manovich's statements about New Media being the new age avant-garde. "The old media avant-garde of the 1920s came up with new forms, new ways to represent reality and new ways to see the world. The new media avant-garde is about new ways of accessing and manipulating information." The new avant-garde is no longer concerned with finding new ways to see and/or represent the world, but is rather concerned with using using pre-existing media in new ways. This can be seen as a "post-media or meta-media, as it uses old media as its primary material."
It is time that we treat the people who have articulated fundamental ideas of human-computer interaction as the major modern artists." I found this quote very interesting. As time goes on, more and more people are paying attention to new media-based art and less and less on traditional art, such as painting and drawing. He talks a lot about the evolution of new media and how we are constantly building off of old art forms. Art is all about originality and finding that new, best thing and sometimes it takes looking into the past to build off of the ideas of others. No form of art is ever lost, rather it is constantly being built upon and innovated. --Jennifer Toomey
To me, New Media is defined as any form of newly invented art, whether it is with technology or not. Therefore agreeing with Douglas in his quote about the new age avant-garde, “The old media avant-garde of the 1920s came up with new forms, new ways to represent reality and new ways to see the world. “ Since artists express themselves throughout their work and our world is advancing in technology greatly, it only makes sense that new art forms have developed and been created.
New media is a name derived from the natural progression of technology and art utilizing technology. As tech advances, old art styles will remain the same although the ways of presenting them will improve. Through new media the voice of art has and continues to become louder, as aesthetics and artistic elements are brought to millions of users constantly by the internet and phones, or through video games and movies. I believe new media has great potential to immerse the public into a greater creative environment.
what i got from this reading is that the term new media refers to many different things, but that it is changing in its defination with the changing of culture. That new media has not forced other art forms to be non-exixtant just less populated with the changing of times and the changing of how we as a society think of thing
Manovich states that "New Media indeed represents the new avant-garde." What I think he means by this is that computer technology not only increases access to existing material, (old media) such as image banks, it also provides tools for re-working the content. Manovich uses the concept of "meta-media" to relate this to postmodernist aethetics.
In today's world we see the now and not the then, but really "its the histories of art, photography, video, telecommunication, design and, last but not least, the key cultural form of the twentieth century—cinema." We are to communicate all the decades and not just the now. We are always learning and improving, but to also remember from where it began.
ReplyDelete"The computerization of culture not only leads to the emergence of new cultural forms such as computer games and virtual worlds; it redefines existing ones such as photography and cinema. "
ReplyDeleteThis perspective is interesting. Computerization lead to the emergence of Video games and cinema. While simultaneously transforming older forms of media, such as photography. This makes me wonder what will happen in the future? What new form of art will emerge? and how will it affect these newer forms of art (video games and cinema etc.)?
It was interesting to find that other countries (Europe and Japan) were the first to use technology the US invented and utilized it as a new art media.
ReplyDeleteWhat I got from this reading is that New Media is always changing. What was once new is now not considered new anymore because of the newer technology coming out every single day that artists take and use to make their one of a kind art pieces.
The article was interesting in its way it expressed an ever changing media and its problem of it being a new/un-new. There's always a better way of doing art and the way it is being done. The idea of computer art is driving many old forms of art away, yet at the same time making them better. Take film photography. Finding film was hard and at one point I just wanted to give up and turn to Photoshop and deal with my photos there. Will the older art forms die away?
ReplyDeleteIn the reading I found it informed me that the old ways of media art were built upon to make the new ways. The new ways have combine the old ways to make new media. Some other post wonder if old art forms will die, but I doubt they will. I do not recall any previous art forms dying, just new inovative ways to make those art forms were created.
ReplyDeleteI think the thing that stuck out the most to me was the point he made about how new media art has different copies and states where as traditional art is a one of a kind work.
ReplyDeleteAnother point that I was questioning was the fact that people don't consider many things made for print or publication as new media art. However, in a sense aren't they partially new media productions because of their creation on the computer such as magazine covers and layouts?
Manovich's point that I found most interesting is his distinction between cyberculture and new media. I had always included cyberculture within the realm of new media since it contained similar qualities to other types covered under new media, such as the internet. Manovich explains that cyberculture is looking at social phenomena on the internet but does not directly relate to "new" material.
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ReplyDeleteI was most interested in Manovich's statements about New Media being the new age avant-garde. "The old media avant-garde of the 1920s came up with new forms, new ways to represent reality and new ways to see the world. The new media avant-garde is about new ways of accessing and manipulating information." The new avant-garde is no longer concerned with finding new ways to see and/or represent the world, but is rather concerned with using using pre-existing media in new ways. This can be seen as a "post-media or meta-media, as it uses old media as its primary material."
ReplyDeleteIt is time that we treat the people who have articulated fundamental ideas of human-computer interaction as the major modern artists." I found this quote very interesting. As time goes on, more and more people are paying attention to new media-based art and less and less on traditional art, such as painting and drawing. He talks a lot about the evolution of new media and how we are constantly building off of old art forms. Art is all about originality and finding that new, best thing and sometimes it takes looking into the past to build off of the ideas of others. No form of art is ever lost, rather it is constantly being built upon and innovated. --Jennifer Toomey
ReplyDeleteTo me, New Media is defined as any form of newly invented art, whether it is with technology or not. Therefore agreeing with Douglas in his quote about the new age avant-garde, “The old media avant-garde of the 1920s came up with new forms, new ways to represent reality and new ways to see the world. “ Since artists express themselves throughout their work and our world is advancing in technology greatly, it only makes sense that new art forms have developed and been created.
ReplyDeleteNew media is a name derived from the natural progression of technology and art utilizing technology. As tech advances, old art styles will remain the same although the ways of presenting them will improve. Through new media the voice of art has and continues to become louder, as aesthetics and artistic elements are brought to millions of users constantly by the internet and phones, or through video games and movies. I believe new media has great potential to immerse the public into a greater creative environment.
ReplyDeletewhat i got from this reading is that the term new media refers to many different things, but that it is changing in its defination with the changing of culture. That new media has not forced other art forms to be non-exixtant just less populated with the changing of times and the changing of how we as a society think of thing
ReplyDeleteManovich states that "New Media indeed represents the new avant-garde." What I think he means by this is that computer technology not only increases access to existing material, (old media) such as image banks, it also provides tools for re-working the content. Manovich uses the concept of "meta-media" to relate this to postmodernist aethetics.
ReplyDelete