chapter 2 digital art

In Christiane Paul's Digital Art chapter two is entitled "Digital art as a Medium". In this chapter she goes over several artists that have used digitl art as a sucsessful medium for their work. Personally i think that digital art can definatly be used as a sucsessful medium for fine art works. I think as long as the medium is affective in getting the artists ideas, oppinions, and statements across to the persons veiwing the piece that would be considered a sucseful work of art. Though it may not seem as legitimate as say painting with a brush by hand i think that what one can be capible of doing with digital art far outnumbers what is possible with a brush and paint. First Paul discusses the different for of digital art. She comments on digital at as dynamic. It can change as data changes, so this gives the opportunity for a piece of art that is ever changing as the data controlling it changes. Paul talks about installation art and how digital art can be used in installation. Personally i think that digital art in installation is a very int resting and useful thing in installation pieces. To make a piece of art interactive is the next necessary step for art. instead of just looking at something your actually involved in the art work its self. Digital art makes this viewer involvement mush easier. Another thing Paul discussed in chapter two of Digital art was "soft wear art". I did not like this section as much mainly because most of the pieces that were discussed in the book were not aesthetically pleasing to me. Bu that is just my personal opinion and I'm sure there aer artists out there who have created "soft wear art" that i would very much enjoy. The section on virtual reality and augmented reality i found very interesting. I just like how with a computer someone can create an entire virtual environment. i think that the notion of augmented reality is also very interesting. Taking an image and tweaking it so it looks realistic accept for some little thing that is not supposed to be there, i think is really cool. The last thing Paul discusses in chapter two of digital art is the incorporation of sound and music in digital art. As some one who is just learning the basics of digital art, i think that sounds and music are a very important aspect of creating a successful piece of digital art. I mean it is not always a necessity but i think it defiantly enhances a piece when there is music and or sound in the piece.