The Impact of Digital Technology On Art and Artists
The Impact of Digital Technology On Art and Artists
The Impact of Digital Technology On Art and Artists
BY MOHAMED ZAHER
digital technology The flame of creativity dies out and the tide of inspirational
revelation recedes and the building blocks of imagination freeze at the bottom
introduction of new, more attractive and tougher materials that artists can
work with. Both these innovations have expanded horizons of creativity and
opened new artistic frontiers. They have also allowed contemporary artists to
reduce time spent in the actual execution of artwork to a minimum thereby
freeing them to focus more on contemplation, creativity and developing
groundbreaking ideas, as well as sound preparation for artwork.
they ostensibly mimic Artists today find it more challenging than ever to
present original and innovative ideas, and they need to exert themselves and
performance, are still radically different with regard to usage and wielding
techniques and to the means to achieve the desired artistic effect from them.
There is no doubt that the human touch in the classical school of painting had
a major influence on the shape of the painting and the effect of the tools,
particularly when an artist used his or her human fingers to place the special
effects and touches on his or her work. Todays modern technology has,
however, reduced the need for the human artistic touch in favor of a vast array
of diverse and different tools, each of which is a mechanism that gives access
to an even bigger set of tweaking and tuning options that open up limitless
horizons for artists to express themselves more creatively and accurately, to
the degree. This stet of limitless options available to the artist has reached
such a degree that computer-oriented artists sometimes inadvertently
produce magnificent masterpieces by mere chance. Consequently, artwork
upon completion may emerge drastically different from the artists original
conception of the painting.
In other words, artists today are presented with a gateway to creativity that is
sophisticated and complex, replete with an enormous variety of techniques,
and therefore artists need to hone their skills and understand these
techniques well in order to maximize the capabilities they offer. Despite the
challenge, the artist must once again become master of these enormous tools
and techniques so that they become the execution tools by which he translates
his vision and creativity and so that the final outcome truly reflects his
personality.