Index

Contents 

  7 Introduction 
    A short history of technology and art 8; 
    The presentation, collection, and preservation of digital art 23 

 27 Chapter 1 
    Digital Technologies as a Tool 
    Digital imaging: photography and print 28; Sculpture 60 

 67 Chapter 2 
    Digital Technologies as a Medium 
    Forms of digital art 70; Installation 71; Film, video, and 
    animation 96; Internet art and nomadic networks 111; 
    Software art 124; Virtual reality and augmented reality 125; 
    Sound and music 132 

139 Chapter 3 
    Themes in Digital Art 
    Artificial life 139; Artificial intelligence and intelligent 
    agents 146; Telepresence, telematics, and telerobotics 154; 
    Body and identity 165; Databases, data visualization, 
    and mapping 171,; Beyond the book: text and narrative 
    environments 189; Gaming 196; Tactical media, activism, 
    and hacktivism 204; Technologies of the future 212 

216 Glossary 
217 Artists' web sites and online art projects 
218 Digital arts organizations and networks, museums, and galleries 
218 Digital art festivals 
218 Select new media art exhi bi tions 
219 Select bibliography 
220 List of illustrations 
222 Index