Technology is more of a commodity than it has ever been. In particular, the microchip has
changed everything. As it has gotten smaller, so have our attention spans. Right now, there is
a computer the size of a thumbnail sitting inside my mobile phone that possesses ten times
more power than machines that took up two large rooms only forty years ago.
with your phone these days, you can
even gets apps where you can create a
picture and then upload it on Facebook.
How has this changed art?
This change has transformed every
avenue of life: how we shop, how we
bank, where we meet our future friends,
where we look at people's cats with
captions. Like with all creative outlets,
technology has fostered new forms of
expression; changing both the ways
people create and interact with new
work. You can do so much
The use of social networking sites has both positive
and negative consequences. It is amazing how
someone can find a long-lost friend through a social
networking site, enabling them to reconnect. In a
society where people have become quite mobile
and family and friends are often geographically
separated, it is convenient to keep in touch through
technology. Social medial sites is always a good
tool for getting your work out there, and being
known. How has technology made an impact on
the digital arts.
Digital Arts
• Well Maybe, it can be argued, it has also
created a certain commodification. Images
and words whizz by faster than ever, stars
rise and fall; it becomes harder than ever to
separate surface. Its so easy now to create art
on your phone, but isn’t this some kind of
reproduction.
Digital art: Modern technology has
transformed traditional art forms such as
painting, sculpting and drawing, allowing
artists to utilize digital technologies in the
production of their pieces
Digital consumption of art: Technology
has also impacted the way that art is
consumed. From the visual arts to
music, technology has allowed art to
become mobile and instantly accessible
around the world, providing greater
exposure for today’s artists and paying
homage to artists of the past. Has true
painting died out? Anyone now can
create a painting on your iPad or iPhone.
You could even have an exhibition, like
David Hockney did.
Will you argue that new technology is vital to
exposing people to art? What do you personally
believe about the effects of technology People
also said rock and roll was bad for you! So is this
new art selfies, iPad art, really that bad. Or do
you think art should just continue to be original
oil paintings, art on canvases, art on paper Its
mixed opinions. What would Walter Benjamin
think about this.
Selfies seems to be the new fashion
now it’s even got a place in the
dictionary it’s become a
phenomenon a fashion trend. Nina
Nesbit the song selfies sums it up as
she talks about posing, getting the
light right, pouting your lips and
then snap. I must admit a lot of
people use their phones to take
pictures; is this still though?
photography
Clothing stores install iPads in changing rooms for
shoppers to take selfies, share with friends and get a
second opinion on whether your bum really does look
big in those jeans. Its usage has apparently increased
by 17,000 per cent over the past 12 months and it was
even named the Oxford Dictionary's word of the year.
And it seems that the power of the 'selfie' - defined as a
photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically with
a smartphone or webcam, and uploaded to a social
media website - shows no sign of abating thanks to
image conscious Brits.
Shoppers can now take selfies trying on clothes in store
changing rooms and send them to their friends for a
second opinion.
Earliest ways of
communication, if there
was a world without
technology how would we
survive?
Technology and digital media can be a great help to reach out to
other people and spread your message to a very large platform. You
can reach anyone, at any time, and communicate in real time. So
whether technology is aiding our life and making it easier, or
creating new challenges and stress for us, really depends on how
we react and interact with the new technologies. If -- when
technology solves one of our problems -- we keep immediately
coming up with new, larger problems, no technology will ever be
able to satisfy our constantly new needs. However, if we allow
technology to make our life easier, and focus more on the quality,
rather than the quantity of life, and also learn how to use
technology to our greatest advantage -- such as how to use it to
influence others -- we can all greatly benefit.
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Technology
Selfies
Digital Arts
Movies
Special effects
Phones
Social media
Events
Photography
Music
Blogging
3D printers
Robots
Technology will just keep on expanding
Walter Benjamin text The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction might have been
written in the 30’s but to me it still feels modern. To me its similar to how society is today I think
he would be amazed by 3D printers taking over, art produced on your iPad, selfies becoming
popular, he would find it all interesting.
Any questions?