L4 CPAR

• New media

  It describes a vast array of contemporary artworks that engage with emerging technologies, such as virtual reality, computer animation, and the internet
• Three types of techniques in new media art

  • Representational
  • Abstract art
  • Non-objective art
• Representational

  • Actual objects or subjects from nature or reality are represented, can be an exact look alike or styled differently as long as essential parts are present
• Abstract art

  • Subjects are taken from reality and nature but presented in ways different from everyday life
• Non-objective art

  • Uses elements of art and principles of design but does not represent a person, place or thing in the natural world
• Installation art

  Consisting of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform interior to exterior spaces to achieve a certain effect, commonly rooted from events and contemporary issues
• Types of installation art

  • Technology aided
  • Performance installation art
  • Conceptual installation art
  • Interactive installation art
  • Environmental installation art
• Technology aided installation art

  • Works with the projection of light, video or film
• Performance installation art

  • Combined with theater and dance, performance made under a specific span of time with lights and sounds as part of the design
• Conceptual installation art

  • Puts emphasis on an idea or concept rather than an art object that can be touched
• Interactive installation art

  • Viewer can touch, walk in or through, listen to or interact with the installation piece
• Environmental installation art

  • Involves ecological concerns and celebrates the artist's connection with the beauty of nature, the natural world, and the environment
• Public art

  An artwork in any medium, planned and executed outside a gallery context and intended specifically for exhibition within public space, influenced by human and social conditions and reflecting life and its many aspects
• Types of public art

  • Municipal art
  • Community-based art
  • Architectural art
  • Land art
  • Design-based public art
  • Commemorative monuments
  • Campaign-inspired public art
• Municipal art

  • Located in squares, plazas, or in front of government buildings, law courts, airports, public museums, or academic institutions, to instill patriotism and nationalism
• Community-based art

  • Includes monumental earthworks that interact with nature and the environment
• Architectural art

  • Used to decorate the façade, orchard, or enclosed concrete structure where large number of people come together
• Land art


  • Sculptures, whether individual or group of people, that honor people for heroism or for participation in historic events
• Design-based public art


  • Decorative, usually located in parks or commercial centers, with design or theme matching the buildings and surroundings to achieve unity
• Commemorative monuments


  • Sculptures that promote an idea by making visible reminders to the public
• Campaign-inspired public art


  • Promotes an idea by making visible reminders to the public
• Types of photography

  • Nature photography
  • Photography and reality
  • Photographic alteration
  • Mobile photography
  • Photojournalism
• Nature photography

  • Photography of landscapes and things found in nature like plants and wildlife
• Photography and reality


  • Can present reality in its truest form
• Photographic alteration


  • Technology can convert and edit images, the natural can be reinterpreted and the photographer can hide and add whatever they wish
• Mobile photography


  • Taking photos using a mobile phone
• Photojournalism


  • Photos used in journalism, accompanied by narratives on newspapers, magazines, and digital media
• Types of digital art

  • Non-figurative
  • Electronic-aided
  • Digital art as design
  • Fantasy digital art
• Non-figurative digital art


  • Composed of geometric shapes, lines, spaces, movement and color
• Electronic-aided digital art


  • Makes use of electronics in the process or presentation of the artwork
• Digital art as design


  • Satisfies the demand for digital art for the business and commercial industry, leisure and recreation, airline and shipping industry, and communication and media
• Fantasy digital art


  • Involves figures, landscapes, objects, and other images that are not seen the real world, taking inspirations from myths, legends, fantasy stories or the creation of their own visual narrative
• New media refers to artworks designed and produced by means of electronic media technologies
• Conceptual installation art is a type of installation art that focuses on an idea or concept
• Nature photography is a type of photography that captures environment and wildlife
• Electronic-aided digital art makes use of electronics in the process or presentation of the artwork