Mark
>>The idea of the artist being at the start one step removed from
>>the real, or the concrete, or however you'd like to put it, using a
>>numeric
>>interpretation as a starting point, is a new development(?). The
numeric
>>canvas as a layer of abstraction that sits between the artist and the
>>concrete. Is this really significant? I don't know, but I think it's
an
>>interesting situation. Do you know of any writing on this?
This is the kind of problems that Electronic Art debates since the 70's.
You can make some search on electronic art base theories. Or search for
some of these authors below: Roy Ascott, Vilém Flusser, Edmond Couchot,
Bill Viola, etc.
A little book on this subject could be
Vilem Flusser - Towards a Philosophy of Photography
Best regards,
Nelson
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