{"id":25307,"date":"2021-09-14T13:56:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T17:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infovis\/?p=25307"},"modified":"2021-09-14T13:56:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T17:56:54","slug":"digital-art-who-what-when-where","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infovis\/labs\/digital-art-who-what-when-where\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Art: Who, What, When, Where"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What to learn from the evolution of digital art?<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM teamLab Borderless, Retrieved from “The World\u2019s First Digital Art Museum Opens in Tokyo”, Gregory Han, Design Milk.COM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Introduction<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What is Digital Art?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Digital Art is a type of art that is categorized by using digital technology to make or to present art. It can be any form that is digitalized. The term and its scope are hard to pinpoint because of its fluid boundaries through which many possible interpretations of the terminology could happen(Chatel, 2018). For example, it is also known as Computer Art in some countries and industries, where they emphasize computers that play an important role in production or visualization of the art piece. Nowadays, we could probably give a very general categorization of digital art in different art mediums. It includes digital painting, digital photography, digital sculpture, digital installation, video, animations and moving images, internet and networked art, software art and mixed media(Chatel, 2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why does it matter to us?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Art is always something I am passionate about, no matter if I am the one to create or I am the one to enjoy someone else\u2019s. It is a pure literacy of human expression and connection. Living in a cyber data world and making design using digital tools and making design decisions informed by data as a UX designer, digital art appeals to me as any unique combination of art, data and technologies. It\u2019s simply the pioneer enabling today’s UX visual design\/ UI to get here. Understanding the evolution and knowing every important milestone of digital art could shape our view of digital creativity and encourage us to brainstorm the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Process<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Define the Scope<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

As a part of the tool learning process for the class: information visualization, and given a tight deadline schedule, I decided to cover 7 pieces of digital artwork from the very early phase to now. Each of them should be an iconic work as a technology representation or an art expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collect Materials<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Frieder Nake, Homage to Paul Klee, 1965<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kenneth Knowlton and Leon Harmon, Computer Nude (Studies in Perception I), 1967<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Robert A. Mickelsen, Snakes!, 1993<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Harold Cohen, Untitled Computer Drawing, 1982<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Screenshot of JODI.org<\/a> Homepage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Allan Kaprow, Hello, 1969<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Alex Dodge, Human-Assisted Simulations of a Universal Will to Become (Simulation 9), 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Select the Tool<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I used Timeline JS<\/a> developed by Knight Lab to visualize the evolution of digital art with the selected materials. TimelineJS is an open-source tool that enables anyone to build visually rich, interactive timelines. Beginners can create a timeline using nothing more than a Google spreadsheet, like the one we used for the Timeline above. Experts can use their JSON skills to create custom installations, while keeping TimelineJS’s core functionality (\u201cTimelineJS is an open-source,\u201d n.d.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of Timeline JS Google Sheet Template with Wicky’s Modification<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By simply following the Make a Timeline guide on the website, I can easily create my own timeline. Google spreadsheet template will tell you what information is needed to make this timeline, and also, you can get rid of information cells that you don\u2019t need by just deleting the text in the cells. It is very straightforward about the visualization you can do. Images are added by image URL with image format indicated at the end of the URL. Color can be changed by entering # with numbers or syntax naming. The additional organizing feature is the type. You can choose the row of information as a title page or a content page. You can also select the row type as era to make things group together based on era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Result<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n