Digital Currents explores the growing impact of digital
technologies on aesthetic experience and examines the major changes
taking place in the role of the artist as social communicator. Just
as the rise of photographic techniques in the mid 1800s shattered
traditional views about representation, so too have contemporary
electronic tools catalysed new perspectives on art, affecting the
way artists see, think, and work, and the ways in which their
productions are distributed and communicated. Digital Currents
explores the growing impact of digital technologies on aesthetic
experience and examines the major changes taking place in the role
of the artist as social communicator. Margot Lovejoy recounts the
early histories of electronic media for art making - video,
computer, the internet - in the new edition of this richly
illustrated book. She provides a context for the works of major
artists in each media, describes their projects, and discusses the
issues and theoretical implications of each to create a foundation
for understanding this developing field. Digital Currents fills a
major gap in our understanding of the relationship between art and
technology, and the exciting new cultu
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