Christiane Paul - Böcker

A close look at the history and evolution of digital art though the Whitney’s pioneering role in the fieldIn the age of technology, no medium better reflects our evolving relationship to critical themes of privacy, identity, and self-perception than digital art. Over the last twenty-five years, the Whitney Museum of American Art has shaped the field of digital art, setting a precedent for commissioning and exhibiting art through their web-based platform artport. From early experiments in digital art to unique portals to artists’ projects, artport’s collection offers a sweeping look at the scope and rapid advancement of digital art. By surveying artport’s full collection of works, artport: 2001–2026 chronicles the recent history and evolution of the field.An essay by author Christiane Paul prefaces three sections on critical themes in digital art and establishes this in-depth publication as an essential introduction to the field. By closely examining how digital art reflects shifting societal concerns, social norms, media environments, and technological possibilities, contributing essayists illuminate how and why digital art is a true barometer of its time.Distributed for the Whitney Museum of American ArtExhibition Schedule:Whitney Museum of American Art, New York(November 21, 2026–January 2027)

The fourth edition of the essential introduction to digital art, one of contemporary art’s most exciting and dynamic forms of practice. Digital art, along with the technological developments of its medium, has rapidly evolved from the ‘digital revolution’ into the social media era and to the postdigital and post-Internet landscape. This new, expanded edition of this invaluable overview of the medium traces the emergence of artificial intelligence, augmented and mixed realities, and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), and surveys themes explored by digital artworks in the areas of activism, networks and telepresence, and ecological art and the Anthropocene. Christiane Paul considers all forms of digital art, focusing on the basic characteristics of their aesthetic language and their technological and art-historical evolution. By looking at the ways in which internet art, digital installation, software art, AR and VR have emerged as recognized artistic practices, Digital Art is an essential critical guide.

Reflecting the dynamic creativity of its subject, this definitive guide spans the evolution, aesthetics, and practice of today’s digital art, combining fresh, emerging perspectives with the nuanced insights of leading theorists. Showcases the critical and theoretical approaches in this fast-moving disciplineExplores the history and evolution of digital art; its aesthetics and politics; as well as its often turbulent relationships with established institutionsProvides a platform for the most influential voices shaping the current discourse surrounding digital art, combining fresh, emerging perspectives with the nuanced insights of leading theoristsTackles digital art’s primary practical challenges – how to present, document, and preserve pieces that could be erased forever by rapidly accelerating technological obsolescenceUp-to-date, forward-looking, and critically reflective, this authoritative new collection is informed throughout by a deep appreciation of the technical intricacies of digital art

Reflecting the dynamic creativity of its subject, this definitive guide spans the evolution, aesthetics, and practice of today’s digital art, combining fresh, emerging perspectives with the nuanced insights of leading theorists. Showcases the critical and theoretical approaches in this fast-moving disciplineExplores the history and evolution of digital art; its aesthetics and politics; as well as its often turbulent relationships with established institutionsProvides a platform for the most influential voices shaping the current discourse surrounding digital art, combining fresh, emerging perspectives with the nuanced insights of leading theoristsTackles digital art’s primary practical challenges – how to present, document, and preserve pieces that could be erased forever by rapidly accelerating technological obsolescenceUp-to-date, forward-looking, and critically reflective, this authoritative new collection is informed throughout by a deep appreciation of the technical intricacies of digital art

Context Providers explores the ways in which digital art and culture are challenging and changing the creative process and our ways of constructing meaning. The authors introduce the concept of artists as context providers—people who establish networks of information in a highly collaborative creative process, blurring boundaries between disciplines. Technological change has affected the function of art, the role of the artist, and the way artistic productions are shared, creating a need for flexible information filters as a framework for establishing meaning and identity. Context Providers considers the work of media artists today who are directly engaging the scientific community through collaboration, active dialogue, and creative work that challenges the scientific.