Bibliography

Gardiner, Hazel. eds. Digital Art History. Portland: Intellect, 200

This book is quite useful to my research, as it has explained the interactive digital art of recently years and the modes of thought.



Huhtamo, Erkki. ''Seven Ways of Misunderstanding Interactive Arts". University of Lapland. <http://www.artcenter.edu/exhibit/digital/essay.html>

This website guides us on the way of looking at interactive arts, but goes a bit too philosophical and in too much in details. But it is still a good reference.




Yes! Communication. "Processing: Maths To Art In One Simple Step". PingMag. 31 March 2006. Risa Partners. <http://www.pingmag.jp/2006/03/31/processing-maths-to-art-in-one-simple-step/>

This website gives useful examples on the artworks built built by the software Processing, and the characteriestics of this software.




Wells, Paul. The fundamentals of Animation. London: AVA Publishing SA, 2006

This book mainly focus on the applications and outcomes of animation. It can be used for quick references.




"Interactive led Wall. " HHATV. COM . 2007 <http://www.hhatv.com/animation-videos39251.htm >

We can see an example of human motion interacting with digital media in this site.



National University of Singapore. Age Of the new "invaders". NUS Research Gallery. 7 March 2007.
<http://www.nus.edu.sg/corporate/research/gallery/research97.htm>

This site includes Mr Khoo Eng Tat's remarkable comments on intereactive digital arts.



"Drum". HHATV.COM . 2007 <http://www.hhatv.com/animation-videos39369.htm>

This site shows an interesting interactive digital art.




Benjamin, W. "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction," (trans. H. Zohn), in Dayton, E. (ed.), Peterborough: Broadview, 1998

This book gives us a clear explanation on the problems faced by the development of digital arts




Kempt, M. The Science of Art, New Haven and London: Yale University Press.

This book does not talk much about digital arts, but it is good for reference.

Quotations

"Contrary to the traditional arts, the player's experience is strictly personal and generally cannot be verified. It depends on the actual viewing and interacting with the artwork. "

Gardiner, Hazel. eds. Digital Art History. Portland: Intellect, 2004 (p.62)



"If and when you interact, you interact with the whole of the work and the navigation is part of the content."

Gardiner, Hazel. eds. Digital Art History. Portland: Intellect, 2004 (p.60)



"Interactive art is still most often seen in the context of the computer world (e.g. Siggraph art show) or the festivals and institutions dedicated to bridging the gap between art, technology and design (e.g. Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria). "

Huhtamo, Erkki. ''Seven Ways of Misunderstanding Interactive Arts". University of Lapland. 25 Oct 2007 <http://www.artcenter.edu/exhibit/digital/essay.html>




"In the mass media, interactive art is often featured in the context of science and technology, rather than art and culture."

Huhtamo, Erkki. "Seven Ways of misunderstanding Interactive Arts". University of Lapland.
25 Oct 2007 <http://www.artcenter.edu/exhibit/digital/essay.html>





"Processing is very fast at manipulating data on-the-fly, especially with regard to input from video cameras. To recreate the same effect in a different tool such as Flash would be very difficult. "

Yes! Communication. "Processing: Maths To Art In One Simple Step". PingMag. 31 March 2006. Risa Partners, Inc. 25 Oct 2007. <http://www.pingmag.jp/2006/03/31/processing-maths-to-art-in-one-simple-step/>






"there is a really strong community behind Processing, helped by the fact that Processing is free for everyone to download and play with, and it’s open-source."

Yes! Communication. "Processing: Maths To Art In One Simple Step". PingMag. 31 March 2006. Risa Partners, Inc. 25 Oct 2007. <http://www.pingmag.jp/2006/03/31/processing-maths-to-art-in-one-simple-step/>

animation, interactive art and video

This is a net art.
Players can use the mouse to try four directions with different semantics, creatures, images and sounds.
It shows the complexity of digital art and also the way we interact with it
link-> http://www.secrettechnology.com/mouse/undirection.html













This artwork is built by Processing, called "Valence"(by Ben Fry).
It takes bits of English sentences from around the web and attempts to map the relationship of words on a 3D sphere.

Link -> http://processing.org/exhibition/works/001/index_link.html












This one is also built by Processing, called Alphabot55 (by Nikita Pashenkov )
It shows typography.
Press any letters on the keyboard, and it will change shapes.
Link -> http://processing.org/exhibition/works/004/index_link.html

Another artwork built by Processing
The movement of the cartoon and the lines drawn on ice are handled according to Maths.
Maths is important in the programming environment of this software.
Link -> http://processing.org/exhibition/works/europa/index_link.html

This artwork is named "Simple Grid", it is also built by Processing
It demonstrates "digital and interactive".
Link -> http://web.media.mit.edu/~jeevan/oldportfolio/pages/Recursive_grid_study_no_1/applet/grid_from_digi_content.html

Video is also an important art form in Digital Age.
"SYNAPTIC BLISS" is a series of artwork explores ideas of a digital consciousness with multiple perspectives and scales, something related to the organic and the artificial.
In this video, Villette, the theme is about four seasons and cycles of life.
Link -> http://www.azizcucher.net/villette.php

Another video, named "Journey to Rice" , is done by drawing beforehand
Link -> http://www.hhatv.com/animation-videos63639.htm

Links

Net Art
http://www.secrettechnology.com/works/everything.htm

Seven Ways of Misunderstanding Interactive Art
http://www.artcenter.edu/exhibit/digital/essay.html

Airport exhibiting digital art
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/234889

Digital & Interactive
http://web.media.mit.edu/~jeevan/oldportfolio/pages/digi_content.html

Processing: Maths to Art in One Simple Step
http://www.pingmag.jp/2006/03/31/processing-maths-to-art-in-one-simple-step/

Why this topic interests me ......

As 20th century is a turning point for digital world, many artworks such as animation and video
depend on the help of the high-tech very much. It seems many things would have become
impossible without digital media. Yet, there are problems initiated by its existence, such as the
problems of ownership and copyright. On the positive side, there are softwares free for
download, just like Processing. So that it makes more individuals to be artists. It is interesting to
note that judging the pros and cons in using digital media for artworks can be quite difficult. I
found Processing quite interesting, as I noticed those artworks created by Takashi Maekawa
using this software are pretty impressive -- well drawn graphics and smooth animation. Besides,
it has some adventages that Flash does not have. It may be a great discovery that Processing
will replace many other softwares and become the most important digital tool in producing
digital artworks in the future. For interactive art, it is usually said to be a modern form of art. It
is connotated with initiation and creativity. Although the history of interactive digital art is not
very long, it is surely has its importance in modern age , as it the addition of "digital" to the
"interactive". It will be a interesting topic to explore its development.