Past, present, and future tense

Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Muir, Gregor
Date published
2002
Abstract
Given the task at hand, “to select new media works that have changed or are impacting the course of new media art and music,” the author, along with his colleagues, set out to identify the fullness of the digital spectrum. The article explains his selections of artwork by consciously establishing a past, present, and future media collection. He begins with a 1965 piece from Nam June Paik and ends with JODI.org, acknowledging the large jump made from past to present media. Concluding the article with a look at the history of digital art, the author raises comparisons and dilemmas that allow readers to question and reflect on the status of new media art.
Journal title
Leonardo
Volume
35
Issue
5
Publisher
MIT Press
Place of publication
Cambridge, Massachusetts
ISSN
0024-094X
eISSN
1530-9282
Official URL
DOI