In 1974, Nam June Paik, a pioneer in video and digital art, coined the term ‘electronic superhighway’ to describe the endless stream of information that technology could make easily accessible. He had, in essence, predicted the Internet two decades before its genesis and the limitless possibilities it offered society and art.
Category: Digital Art
The Artvisor Guide to Digital Art: The Pioneers
Digital art today comes in various forms, from digital sculpture and interactive digital installations, to Internet art and virtual reality. The broadness of this category indicates how much the field has grown since the 1960s, when it was referred to as ‘Computer art’.