Daily Archives: November 20, 2013

Early in her essay, Beverly Jones, cites examples from multiple forms of media to show that as technology advances, there is a tendency to “cast developing forms of material and symbolic culture in previous modes” (1990, p.1). This means that even though society is moving forward, humans like to take old styles and put them into the new in an attempt to hold on to the integrity of the art. In her description of the development of computer graphics, she provides instances of similar things, like the use of color imposed over computerized designs to create “aesthetic imagery” (1990, p.3), even though the production was done by engineers and technicians. However, a question remains whether the growing culture of mass production can in any way diminish the influence of art. Though artists are breaking new ground in the ways they can use computers to produce fresh, experimental art (1990, p.5), does the use of computers, which can create millions of reproductions instantaneously, corrupt the integrity of other forms of physical art?