Technology and Art

Question: To what extent does art respond to, or is shaped by, the technology that enables it? To what extent have advanced and accessible digital technologies, such as websites, digital photography, and YouTube, changed the relationship between art and technology? Are these technologies reshaping our attitudes toward artists? Answer: Art influences the digital technology as it makes the contemporary nature more attractive. The artists get more time to focus on creativity and contemplation with reduction in actual execution of artwork (Thomson, Purcell, Rainie, 2013). The social media sites and digital technologies have blurred the lines between real and virtual experience. Our attitude towards artists is getting reshaped as the flame of creativity is dying out as the artists imagination is getting frozen (Woolf, 2016). References Thomson, K., Purcell, K., Rainie, L. (2013).Section 6: Overall Impact of Technology on the Arts.Pew Research Center: Internet, Science Tech. Retrieved 27 July 2016, from https://www.pewinternet.org/2013/01/04/section-6-overall-impact-of-technology-on-the-arts/ Woolf, A. (2016).The impact of technology in art. London: Raintree.