Digital Arts

Opening with the past, this introduction to new media art traces how digital practices developed before turning to the forms they take today. Its early chapters set out the historical background, and the discussion then moves to the present. The author makes the case that artists increasingly need to work with new technologies, and each chapter builds on the last to examine how digital tools change art itself, along with how works are exhibited, distributed and archived.

The book is organised as a stepping stone for newcomers. Case studies show current research across the digital arts, giving concrete examples to think with. Reflection questions and prompts invite readers to work through the central terms, theories and examples on their own.

Each chapter closes with a bullet-point summary and a list of further reading, so the text can be used as a starting point for deeper study. It belongs to the New Media series and matches the format of the other volumes in that set.