Digital Art

Cristiane Paul surveys the development in digital art from its appearance in the 1980s to the present day, and looks ahead to what future may hold. Drawing a distinction between work that uses digital practice as a tool to produce traditional forms and work that uses it as a medium to create new types of art, she discuses the key artists and works. The book explores themes raised by these artworks, such as viewer interaction, artificial life and intelligence, political and social activism, networks and telepresence, and issues surrounding the collection, presentation and preservation of digital art.