Art History

I have chosen my case study for art history, it is about new media art and technology, how it can be used in making art, and how as an artist within todays world, we have the benefit of modern technologies at our disposal. Within my own art practice, I consistently use photographs, webcams, or Google Earth for referencing and accessing places that I am unable to get to. Artificial intelligence is a fast developing technology that is in every aspect of our daily lives, from algorithms on our news feeds, social media and streaming services such as Netflix, feeding us what AI has learnt about us ensuring we get what it thinks we like. The artist that I have chosen to be my case study is Refik Anadol, and his artwork Artificial Realities (2023).

Refik Anadol has embraced AI and has used it to produce Artificial Realities where his studio collected comprehensive images and data of coral. This artwork highlights the effects of global warming on the delicate ecology of the world’s oceans and coral reefs. 

Some good reads on the topic of new media art are:

Digital Culture, Charlie Gere, ISBN: 9781 86189 3888

Gives a great in-depth history to the developments of digital technologies and its rise around the world. I found this book an interesting read.

A Companion To Contemporary Art Since 1945, Amila Jones,

ISBN: 13 978 1 4051 0794 5

A series of essays written by different authors, regarding visual cultural studies. This book is insightful and if you find one author difficult to read the next author quite often is easier to understand.

Radical Landscapes, Art Identity and Activism, Darren Pih and Laura Bruni, ISBN: 978 1 84976 84976 812 2

Out of all the books that I have read so far, this one I would go and buy for my own personal collection. Has examples and explanations on topics such as Abstraction and Belonging and Stepping into Action: Finding Connection in a World of Loss. At the back of the book there is a glossary of terms, which is useful.