Virtual art

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10.000 Moving Cities, Virtual Art, Marc Lee[1]

Virtual art is a term for the

stereoscopic spectacles and screens, digital painting and sculpture, generators of three-dimensional sound, data gloves, data clothes, position sensors, tactile and power feed-back systems, etc.[3] As virtual art covers such a wide array of mediums it is a catch-all term for specific focuses within it. Much contemporary art has become, in Frank Popper's terms, virtualized.[4]

Definition

Virtual art can be considered a

video games
and movies.

In his book, From Technological to Virtual Art, Frank Popper traces the development of immersive,

aesthetic intentions – concern not only science and society but also basic human needs and drives.[7]

To explain and illustrate the emergence of a techno-aesthetic, Popper stresses the panoramic and multi-generational reach of virtual art. As regards to virtual art, openness is stressed both from the point of view of the artists and their creativity and from that of the follow-up users in their reciprocating thoughts and actions. This commitment to the teeming openness found in virtual art can be traced to the theories of Umberto Eco and other aestheticians.

In virtual worlds and entertainment

Virtual art can be seen in worlds like Second Life, and Inworldz virtual environments in which anything is possible to the user, who is represented by an avatar. In the virtual world, the avatar's abilities ranges from ordinary walking to flying. The environment and scenery of such environments is similar to the real world, except that it can be altered by the avatar. Worlds like Inworldz and Second Life feature an editor which allows the user to build his or her own experience just the way he or she wants it to be. The user is not bounded by physics or improbabilities that he or she faces in the real world.

Virtual art is made with many computer programs and has no boundaries, so it uses animations, movies, computer games and so on. As it becomes more and more popular and important, it results in people being able to live another virtual life. With the advancements in technology, virtual art has transformed and evolved quickly from simple 8-bit representations to 3D models containing millions of polygons.

In popular video games and movies

Notable artists

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "10.000 Moving Cities – Same but Different, VR (Virtual Reality), Interactive Net- and Telepresence-Based Installation, 2015-ongoing". Marc Lee. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
  2. ^ Frank Popper, From Technological to Virtual Art, Leonardo Books, MIT Press, 2007, Introduction
  3. ^ Mobile snaps reveal invisible art
  4. ^ Joseph Nechvatal, "Frank Popper and Virtualised Art", Tema Celeste Magazine: Winter 2004 issue #101, pp. 48–53
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  6. ^ Margaret Boden, Mind As Machine, Oxford University Press, 2006, p. 1089
  7. ^ "Origins of Virtualism: An Interview with Frank Popper conducted by Joseph Nechvatal", CAA Art Journal, Spring 2004, pp. 62-77

Bibliography

  • Grau Oliver, Digital Art through the Looking Glass: New strategies for archiving, collecting and preserving in Digital Humanities. Edition Donau-Universität, Krems an der Donau, 2019
  • Grau Oliver, Museum and Archive on the Move - Changing Cultural Institutions on the Digital Era. DE GRUYTER, Berlin, 2017
  • Jesús Muñoz Morcillo, Florian Faion, Antonio Zea, Uwe D. Hanebeck, Caroline Y. Robertson-von Trotha, "e-Installation – Synesthetic Documentation of Media Art via Telepresence Technologies." In: Maria Boştenaru Dan, Cerasella Crăciun (eds.): Space and Time Visualisation. Springer International Publishing 2016, pp. 173-191.
  • Frank Popper, From Technological to Virtual Art, Leonardo Books, MIT Press, 2007
  • Charlie Gere, Art, Time and Technology: Histories of the Disappearing Body (2005) Berg, p. 146
  • Christiane Paul, Digital Art, Thames & Hudson Ltd. p. 219
  • Joseph Nechvatal, "Frank Popper and Virtualised Art", Tema Celeste Magazine: Winter 2004 issue #101, pp. 48–53
  • Origins of Virtualism: An Interview with Frank Popper conducted by Joseph Nechvatal", CAA Art Journal, Spring 2004, pp. 62-77
  • Lieser, Wolf. Digital Art. Langenscheidt: h.f. ullmann. 2009 p. 283
  • Frank Popper, Art—Action and Participation, New York University Press, 1975
  • Sandrine Baranski, La musique en réseau, une musique de la complexité ?, Éditions universitaires européennes, mai 2010
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  • Frank Popper, Art of the Electronic Age, Thames & Hudson, 1997

External links

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