Digitalization as the main factor influencing new forms of contemporary art and their belonging to the category of artistic culture Cover Image

Cyfryzacja jako główny czynnik wpływu na nowe formy współczesnej sztuki a ich przynależność do kategorii kultury artystycznej.
Digitalization as the main factor influencing new forms of contemporary art and their belonging to the category of artistic culture

Author(s): Marika Szczepaniak
Subject(s): Archiving, Cataloguing, Classification, Education and training, Sociology
Published by: Biblioteka Jagiellońska
Keywords: Contemporary art; new media art; digitalization vs. digitization; democratization of art; artistic culture

Summary/Abstract: The subject of reflection in the paper is the impact of digitalization process on the overall shape of contemporary art. It focuses on the controversies concerning categorization into the fields of artistic culture of those types of artistic activity that have evolved as a result of the ongoingtechnologicalization of social life. The analysis considers also the dialogue between the latest technologies and the art market. The resulting symbiosis in the consumer society leads to democratizationof art through high availability of its latest interactive forms. The author attempts to determine the role and significance of the medium in the new forms of participation in culture, as well as to shed light on the problem of reception of new media art, as revealed through analysisof their affiliation to classically defined fields of artistic expression. The conclusions include a suggestion that digitalization should be regarded as a term distinct from digitization, as well ascomprehension of the artist-work relationship within the culture of convergence.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 68
  • Page Range: 151-165
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish