My Thoughts about the Article "Post-media Aesthetics"

My Thoughts about the Article “Post-media Aesthetics”

Along with the advent of new technologies of computer, video, and television, all traditional fields including Aesthetics are affected. The article Post-media Aesthetics discusses the new technologies has been applied to Aesthetics field. Artists substitute different art materials by different new technologies. Therefore, there are some new art categories have arisen with the use of new medium, especially the mass medium such television and video. One good example is the interactive art category, which use internet facilitates the interactivities between the artists and the persons who appreciate aesthetics.

This article mentioned the net art is just a new category of art based on the technology of the net, but not all art which uses the net is net art. I think artists still keep their aesthetic concept while they apply new technology to either the traditional art or the new category of art. New technology gives new life to aesthetics. For example, among the new categories of art, visual art and commercial art already became a significant part in our modern life. Using technology is to improve, but not to abandon what we have in tradition. For teachers, this is true, for artists, it is also true.

No one can just ignore the prominence of new technologies.