What is Media Art? 
"Media art" refers to artworks that depend on a technological component to function. The term "media" applies to any communication device used to transmit and store information. By incorporating emerging technologies into their artworks, artists using new media are constantly redefining the traditional categories of art.
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Over the years, numerous artistic disciplines have fallen under the umbrella of "media art", including:
  • Biotech Art
  • Computer Art
  • Digital Art
  • Electronic Art
  • Interactive Art
  • Kinetic Art
  • Multimedia Art
  • Network Art
  • Robotic Art
  • Sound Art
  • Space Art
  • Technological Art
  • Video Art
  • Web Art
What is 'Digital Art'?
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