What is Media Art/New Media?

Media Art/New Media is a type of art that are created with new media technologies. This includes digital art, computer graphics, virtual art, internet art, and interactive art.  

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Scott Snibbe's Transit. Completed in 2010. 

Critique Questions:
Description (What do you see?)

·         What is the name of the artist who created the artwork?

The artists name is Scott Snibbe.

·         What kind of a artwork is it?

Interactive art installations.

·         What is the subject matter of the art?

People at a airport breaking out into dance.

·         What images do you see in the artwork?

You see people of all different ages at the airport all walking individually suddenly break out into different types of dance and come together.

Analysis(Why and How?)

·         How are the Elements of Art (color, shape, line, texture, space, form, value) and the Principles of Design (balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, rhythm, unity, pattern/repetition) used in this artwork?

This piece of artwork uses the elements space in reference to emphasis, colour in reference to contrast, and unity. There is emphasis by space because some of the people on the train station are in clumps and some way by themselves, this draws your eye to the people who are by themselves and creates emphasis. There is contrast by colour because black and white are opposites, and when together they create contrast. And last but not least theres a sense of unity because its people of all different ages and all going to different places united in one place.

·         What grabs your attention in the artwork?

What grabbed my attention in the artwork was when they first broke out into song and dance. This caught my eye because it’s unusual and is not something you really see happen in airport. Because it looks odd it captures your attention and you remember it more.

·         What mood or feeling do you have when you look at this artwork?

I feel happy when i look at this piece because the unified dancing brang together the individual people and gave a neighbourly feeling to it.

Interpretation(What does it mean? What feelings do you get?)

·         What is the theme or subject of the artwork?

The theme of the artwork was normal people at an airport and dance breaks the individual groups causing all the people to come together and dance.

·         What is the artwork about; what do you think it means?

I believe the art was about unity and being neighbourly to those you meet.

·         Why do you think the artist created this artwork?

I think the artist created this artwork because he wanted to show the different types of people and stories that are at a public place like a airport and have them all dance together to represent unity throughout the place.

Judgment(Does it have meaning to you?)

·         Do you like or dislike this artwork?

I like this artwork because you can tell so much about each silhouette just form movement rather then appearance but at the same time the different silhouettes play up a bit of mystery too.

·         Do you think this is good art?

I think this is good art because it relates to a general audience with all the different stories behind each person and the different styles of dance, this quality are crucial for the location.

·         Do think it is important art?

No i do not think it is important art because it does not have a deeper meaning behind it, it’s just a fun piece.