Abstract:
The objective of this paper is to discuss possible indexical
methods that might be applied to the variety of techniques and
processes commonly used in New Media Art. A key part in this
undertaking has been the development of a 'visual taxonomy
for New Media Art', which it is hoped will contribute to the
defining of prevalent forms and trends within the genre. The proposed
visual taxonomy can be examined from both a conceptual, and practice
based context. Framing a description of New Media in the context of a
creative activity that foregrounds the viewers experience, rather than a
technologically described model, and is intended to be of interest to
artists, researchers, historians, art curators and the art going
community.
I will begin with a short definition of New Media Art and the taxonomic
concept, followed by an investigation of related indexical examples. I will
then step through the objectives of the taxonomy, concluding with a
look at the prototype model and how this has been applied to existing
New Media Art case studies through a process of data collection and
dynamic visualisation.
