Master thesis: new media art

May 2009

Abstract:

New media art constitutes a relevant field of artistic production that involves the use of new technologies in its production or presentation.

This master thesis examines the relationship between art and technology and proposes that the defining characteristic of new media art is media appropriation: the reconfiguration of technology as a medium instead of as a tool.

This work also examines the relationship between new media art and two important fields of computer engineering: human-computer interaction and computer programming, showing that they play a fundamental role in both media appropriation and in the construction of new media art's artistic language.

The thesis concludes by presenting three art objects that exemplify the previous discussion and where created in the context of this work: Ribbons, a visual instrument, Puzzling an art installation and YARMI, a musical instrument.

Thesis advisors:
Sergi Jordà and Eduardo Grampín

Thesis readers:
Juan José Cabezas, Álvaro Casinelli, Daniel Argente

Thesis (pdf file, 15mb)

tomas laurenzo
laurenzo@fing.edu.uy
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