A Companion to Digital Art [Hardcover]

• Showcases the critical and theoretical approaches in this fast-moving discipline
• Explores the history and evolution of digital art; its aesthetics and politics; as well as its often turbulent relationships with established institutions
• Provides a platform for the most influential voices shaping the current discourse surrounding digital art, combining fresh, emerging perspectives with the nuanced insights of leading theorists
• Tackles digital art’s primary practical challenges – how to present, document, and preserve pieces that could be erased forever by rapidly accelerating technological obsolescence
• Up-to-date, forward-looking, and critically reflective, this authoritative new collection is informed throughout by a deep appreciation of the technical intricacies of digital art

List of Figures ii

Notes on Contributors iii

Acknowledgements iv

INTRODUCTION ov

From Digital to Post-Digital — Evolutions of an Art Form v
Christiane Paul

PART I: HISTORIES OF DIGITAL ART

1 The Complex and Multifarious Expression of Digital Art and its Impact on Archives and Humanities
Oliver Grau

2 International Networks of Early Digital Arts
Darko Fritz

3 Art in the Rear-View Mirror: The Media-Archaeological Tradition in Art
Erkki Huhtamo

4 Proto-Media Art: lS(