2. Looking Outwards 11: Societal Impacts of Digital Art

As technology develops, the definition of art and its value keeps evolving. The idea of craftsmanship and delicate human effort is now replaced by manufacturers and computer technology that can create similar feature within seconds with lines of codes. When I read Sebastian Smee’s criticism on Beeple’s artwork, I could understand why he was so critical of the digital artwork being valued more than Michelangelo’s. But I think that there should be different standards for work that is digitally produced and physically produced. I think they carry different values—for example, digital work can be a sign for newly developed technology and testing out their uses in creative ways, even if they don’t have the delicacy and the conetextual depth of traditional art.

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