Listen to the above lectures given in each sections and answer the following questions. Each question should be around a 650 words and should be like a mini essay independent of one other.
1. This week, we looked at artists using photography and film as tools for creating their own digital art. Let’s discuss some issues that are bound to come up with this use of re-contextualization, appropriation, and reproducibility. Thinking back to the part of the lecture where we talked about aura and authenticity, answer this week’s discussion question:
How does digital art’s use of re-contextualization and appropriation guide the reception and experience of digital art making and viewing? Choose an artwork from the chapter and/or lectures this week that shows how digital art has changed how we think about concepts of authenticity and aura.
Does digital art destroy the authenticity and aura we associate with works of art, or just alter it? Be sure to use detailed, specific examples from the artwork (what it looks like, how is made, how it is accessed, etc.) to support your points!
2. Find current Internet Art that interests you. This could be an online gallery, a creative browser, online performance, or an artist-designed plug-in. You may choose an example from our textbook, but please make sure that it is still live and/or has a robust archive for you to explore. This does NOT mean you find an artist on the internet whose paintings you like and choose them. It DOES mean that you choose artists actively engaged with issues discussed in our chapters, such as digital data, audio-visual projects, netactivism, etc.
Briefly describe your chosen work, making sure to include any technology the artist uses. Note how it relates to themes we discussed this week; can you compare it to any other works from the lectures or readings this week?
Explain what interests you personally about the work: what captured your attention?
