Introduction/Chapter 1/Chapter 2

Notes

• Christiane Paul uses her book to explain how a computer can be used to create digital art.
• Mediums are explained.
• Using a computer will make it easier to combine the mediums.
• The key components in a digital medium are interactivity and customizability
• Digital art can express itself in many ways = Mediums.
• Mediums covered in chapter two: Installations (with or without network component, software (written by an artist; artistic code), and internet-based art.
• Interactivity (for digital art) - is defined in terms that are specific to the subject.
• Participatory - meaning that art is created by user input and commands.
• Digital art changes with data/ input flow.
• Digital art is composed of two types of components = 1. Back end code. 2. Visual user interface.
• Digital Interface - anything from the buttons helping you navigate the internet, or the dials on the television set.
• Chapter two is all about realizing a virtual reality.
• Softwares used = Flash, and Director. (Used for making videos).
• HTML is the format used for making digital art pieces.