Famous ephemeral art6/17/2023 ![]() ![]() Science and science fiction inspired many authors to push against limits of understanding and re-imagine the world as it is and as it could be. Indeed, the explorations of new media and of perception paralleled scientific development since the beginning of the Modern era. Click image for link.Įxpanding art into other dimensions took a scientific probing that enveloped artistic careers and spanned decades. Source: YouTube, License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. When the focus is shifted to the perspective of the spectator, the limitations of two-dimensional media become very apparent and, thus, the shift to new media became more attractive to artists engaging in this discourse.Ĭarl Sagan, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1980). The scale of Mark Rothko’s (1903-1970) colorfield paintings combined with the nuanced emphasis of color, for example, immerses the spectator and creates an experience disjointed from the conventional visual consumption. For media such as painting and sculpture, this initially entailed focusing on specific visual elements and select principles of design to engage the spectator. Most Minimalist and Conceptual artists were-in part thanks to prominent artists like Duchamp and Robert Morris (1931-2018)-more aware of the role of the viewer, increasingly conceiving of artworks that communicate experiences instead of narrative or messages. Land art, installation art, and light art, are centered around the perception of the spectator. In this pursuit, artists were drawn to expanding beyond three-dimensions, beyond depth, instead relying also upon time, motion, and other senses. Revolving the artwork around the spectator, hinges on their experience and their perception. (See a further discussion of the influence of Dada on New Media Art in the Introduction to this book.) Mark Rothko, No 1. Many of these forms not only invited, but sometimes even required audience participation. A rethinking of the relationship between the artists, the artwork, and the viewer prompted new approaches to existing fine art forms, such as painting and sculpture, and encouraged artist exploration of potential in newer art, such as performances, happenings, video art, installations, earth art, and installations. Source: Wikimedia Commons, License: Public Domain.Īlthough pioneered in many ways by Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), a leading figure in the Dada movement, many artists in the late 1950s and early 1960s were beginning to conceive art-making as a process that requires the viewer for completion. Editors: Henri-Pierre Roche, Beatrice Wood, and Marcel Duchamp. Reproduction from The Blind Man, n° 2, page 4. Perspective is Everything Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917, backdrop: The Warriors by Marsden Hartley. Gelatin silver print photograph by Alfred Stieglitz. Ephemeral – isn’t meant to or can’t last forever. ![]() Remixing – uses images or things made by others in new ways.Readymade – uses objects or material from everyday life.Exploits new technology for artistic purposes.As you explore Light Art in the first part of this chapter notice when you recognize these elements of New Media Art: ![]()
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