Is the Future of Art Digital?

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The basis of this essay is to address the question of the future of art, is it digital? There will be considerations into the development of technology, how it impacts art, how it affects society in terms of how people interact with the world and comparisons with the findings of renowned practitioners on the subject. Art itself consists of various techniques and mediums utilised by practitioners in a visual form to portray an event, idea or communicative purpose. In this contemporary era, art has diverged in to varied styles and movements, majority between the traditional arts and digital arts. Art itself overall is defined as “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power” (Stevenson, 2010, p88) The history of art can be comparable to the history of literature. They both contain continuity and alteration between them and with progressive development over time. Equally are interrupted by works that appear to surpass circumstantial limitations, with an unending appeal of independence of the work itself and with the relationship of their renowned creators. The Art itself however, throughout history has been dependent on the physical survival of the medium of its creation. It has been dependent on a number of factors, as has its destruction. An example of this is religious imagery, destroyed in order to subvert beliefs of their devotees. The majority of works that exists today would have been preserved in various private collections and museums for their artistic value. Technology has developed significantly over the last few decades, mobile phones, tablets, compute... ... middle of paper ... ... and Words of Wisdom, Princeton Architectual Press, New York. Towse, R. Handka C. (2013) Handbook on the Digital Creative Economy. Edward Elgar Publishing. p119 Great Britain. Benjamin. W. (2008) The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. p1,10 Great Britain. Marx, K. (2007) Capital: A Critique of Political Economy - The Process of Capitalist Production. Cosimo,inc. Online: Sutton (2013) http://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1196&context=ehd_theses [Accessed 19/04/14] Arandilla (2012) http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/design/smartphone-invasion-changed-our-lives/ [Accessed 24/04/14] Hegestuen (2013) http://www.businessinsider.com/smartphone-and-tablet-penetration-2013-10 [Accessed 25/04/14] Bluden, Schulz (2005) https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch01.htm [Accessed 10/05/14]

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