Electronic Art or Electronic Aided Art?

Not at least because of the costdecay of electronic means of production electronic art got widely spread among the "traditional" artists. Media-art, electronic art and computer art are flowery expressions of something nobody really knows what is behind. We want to know in which way electronic aided art is somthing more than cheap support of the entertaiment industries.

What is the surplus of electronic aided art?

What is it beside technic fascination?

What means media artist- is just because one uses electronic devices?

Does it actually allow new insights in areas, where the use of traditional tools won't be sufficient?

Could electronic art get any cultural relevance because of a critical dealing with the medium or does it enforce escapism?

And are there any connections between electronic aided art and the conceptual art of the 70th?


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