I find it interesting that a computerized drawing program was created in 1961 and not much later art was being computer generated. Yet before in 1960 Jeffrey Shaw had begun introducing cybernetics into his works. These ideas are the base of much of today’s technology based art which is being created
One could say that the merge of art and technology began with the printing press. But I do not think that is what is really technology now, our understanding of the world of art is far beyond that of the artist of the past. Today an artist can produce a work on a computer and print it out in 2D or 3D depending upon what type of printer they use, artist could create robotics to perform the painting, thus creating art while making art, the use of virtual reality for art is growing at a rapid pass, and just taking pictures and making memes on social media have become forms of art. The one question of, “What is art?” has been near impossible to answer throughout the ages has not gotten any easier as more technologies have been applied to the art world.
Photography is a passion of mine and I personally see it as art while others do not, this is the same for social media art of today what so many are conflicted with. Technology has given rise to many new ideas and questions but one thing it may be rocking the ground on more than anything is the idea of museums and their roles in art. With the internet out there as both a form of producing art, show casing, and selling art this technology may have finally loosened the grip galleries have on an artist.