Degree Type
Thesis
Date of Award
1-1-2002
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Art and Design
Major
Art and Design (Intermedia)
Abstract
Artists have always been experimenting with new media. The history of new media parallels the development of technology. For thousands of years, artists have been utilizing conventional oil paint or ink as their medium. Technological achievements of mankind has accelerated since the industrial revolution of the late 19th century. Today, technology is rapidly changing and with it, the artist's field is expanding. Not frustrated by technological change, artists who employ new media - such as video, computer, and photography - see themselves as part of this change and wish to participate in it. These artists are stimulated by the possibilities of new technology, not alienated by them. Like other artists who work in paint, wood or steel, these artists explore, and often subvert both the critical and technological potentials of the new media. Those technological advances have come from forward-thinking artists who probed the uses of media in their work. Of all new media introduced to art this century, the author chose to use the World Wide Web (WWW) as a visual art medium, because of its ability to reach a greater audience. The author's goal for this thesis is to inform viewers about his approach to making web-specific art.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31274/rtd-20200803-240
Copyright Owner
Sangbum Kim
Copyright Date
2002
Language
en
OCLC Number
51064100
File Format
application/pdf
File Size
40 pages
Recommended Citation
Kim, Sangbum, "Web-specific art: the possibility to reach a greater audience without losing characteristic of the works of art" (2002). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 20124.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/20124
