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History of Digital Art

By: Domen Lombergar

Digital art is created using the digital technology by an artist. In this society that is getting developed day by day, digital art is also advancing a lot. Digital art involves the use of computers and mousse to create the art whereas the traditional form of art involved papers, pencils, brushes and paints. The creation of the digital art cannot be told specific but it is created using the computer technology. But it is not only the computer technology from where the roots of digital art are taken but also from pop art and surrealism. Digital art is interpreted again and again from the older art forms and has it s own techniques that brought the art into light.

In the 40s, the start and the future of computers were being discussed as in the article 'As We May Think' by Vannevar Buch in 1945. This essay highlighted a computer that was never actually built but foreshadowed the capability of future computers and at this same time in history Abstract Expressionism was on the rise, another influence of digital art. In 1946, the first computer was introduced. It was called the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer. In 1951 however, the first commercial computer was available to the general public and from 1958 and onwards digital art became present in society. In this year, John Whitney Sr. created art animation on his computer.

The sixties seemed to be a showcasing for digital art as the first computer art competition took place in 1963. Only two years later the first three exhibitions of computer art were put on display. In the later part of the decade, the words and ideas of bitmapping windows and direct manipulation were created by Douglas Englebart. Another digital art exhibition was on display in London called the Cybernetic Serendipity at the institute of Contemporary Art.

There was a steady rise in the computer art programs in the seventies. One of them was the Superpaint by Richard G. Shoup and in the same year in the world of literature digital art was recognized with the essays written by Ruth Leavitt namely Artist and Computer.Quantel created Paintbox in the year 1980 which was the second art program based on computer. Modern and Post modern art helped in promoting art via various mechanisms like the video art. The modern and the post modern art were the recent art styles that came in the same year of 1980.

A monumental mark in digital art history came about in 1982 when Robert Adrian, a Canadian artist, launched a digital art event called The World in 24 Hours. It showcased artists from 3 different continents, in 16 cities that were connected via digital outlets such as by videophone, computers and fax while discussing and displaying their artwork. In 1986, Photoshop came about and a year later the first international symposium was held in Utrecht Holland on electronic arts. By the end of the 80s, people at home were able to digitally change photos on their personal computer.

Internet was introduced in the 90s. With the help of world wide web, various html scripts and codes were started and many websites evolved as a new art form and a language. Wolfgang Leiser established a digital art museum which was a remarkable event in the history of digital art.

Digital art is everywhere in films and magazines as it has become very important in the day to day life. It is not a big thing to go to the MET and see the artwork that is displayed on the wall, but what matters is the artwork that has continuously depicted around us. These artworks have in fact generated some creativity for the people in the society which really seemed to be impossible before the invention of the personal computer.

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