Difference between revisions of "Media art and culture"

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The term '''media art''' is useful and used for projects bringing up the social, cultural, legal and political issues that come along with the emergence of new media. Since 1990s the new media have included internet, web, mobiles, wireless, GPS, and others. Similarly to contemporary art, also in media art are gradually formed mechanisms providing the basis for existence of the power structures (including personalities, icons, market and other attendant phenomena). However, the critical activites in this field are funded from public sources. '''Media culture''' in this regard uses and is used by new media.
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The term '''media art''' is useful and used for projects bringing up the technological, social, cultural, legal and political issues that come along with the emergence of new media. Since 1990s the new media have included internet, web, mobiles, wireless, GPS, and others. Similarly to contemporary art, also in media art are gradually formed mechanisms providing the basis for existence of the power structures (including personalities, icons, market and other attendant phenomena). However, the critical activites in this field are funded from public sources. '''Media culture''' in this regard uses and is used by new media.

Revision as of 16:34, 29 October 2006

The term media art is useful and used for projects bringing up the technological, social, cultural, legal and political issues that come along with the emergence of new media. Since 1990s the new media have included internet, web, mobiles, wireless, GPS, and others. Similarly to contemporary art, also in media art are gradually formed mechanisms providing the basis for existence of the power structures (including personalities, icons, market and other attendant phenomena). However, the critical activites in this field are funded from public sources. Media culture in this regard uses and is used by new media.