Controlled Vocabulary

 

Term Name: networkedArt

URI:

http://utk.edu/utknamespace/vocabularies/local/networkart

Label:

Networked Art

Definition:

A movement developed in the mid-1990s that took network protocols as the subject of their investigation. The movement exploits the inherent properties of interconnected computers, such as a capacity for relaying information, encouraging collaboration, or uniting communities from different geographic locations. 

Comment:

Synonym for Internet Art.

Art Movement.

Can be referenced as Net Art.

 

Term Name: internetArt

URI:

http://utk.edu/utknamespace/vocabularies/local/internetart

Label:

Internet Art

Definition:

A form of digital artwork distributed via the Internet.

Comment:

Can be referenced as Net Art.

Refers to the artwork type.

 

Term Name: newMediaArt

URI:

http://utk.edu/utknamespace/vocabularies/local/newmediaart

Label:

New Media Art

Definition:

Refers to artworks created with new media technologies, including digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art, video games, computer robotics, 3D printing, cyborg art and art as biotechnology.

Comment:

Related to Network Art and Internet Art.

Refers to the artwork type.

 

Term Name: installation

URI:

http://utk.edu/utknamespace/vocabularies/local/installation

Label:

Installation

Definition:

Installation art is a genre of contemporary art which involves the configuration or “installation” of objects in a space, such as a room or warehouse. The resulting arrangement of material and space comprises the “artwork”.

Comment:

Refers to the artwork type.

 

Term Name: tradigitalArt

URI:

http://utk.edu/utknamespace/vocabularies/local/tradigitalart

Label:

Tradigital Art

Definition:

Art method that combines both traditional and computer-based techniques to create an image.

Comment:

Refers to the artwork type.

Related to Tradigital Animation.

 

Term Name: glitchArt

URI:

http://utk.edu/utknamespace/vocabularies/local/glitchart

Label:

Glitch Art

Definition:

The practice of using digital or analog errors for aesthetic purposes by either corrupting digital data or physically manipulating electronic devices.

Comment:

Refers to the artwork type.

 

Term Name: softwareArt

URI:

http://utk.edu/utknamespace/vocabularies/local/softwareart

Label:

Software Art

Definition:

A work of art where the creation of software, or concepts from software, play an important role; for example, software applications which were created by artists and which were intended as artworks.

Comment:

Refers to the artwork type.

 

Term Name: virtualArt

URI:

http://utk.edu/utknamespace/vocabularies/local/virtiualart

Label:

Virtual Art

Definition:

A term for the virtualization of art, made with the technical media developed at the end of the 1980s. These include human-machine interfaces such as visualization casks, stereoscopic spectacles and screens, digital painting and sculpture, generators of three-dimensional sound, data gloves, data clothes, position sensors, tactile and power feed-back systems, etc.

Comment:

Refers to the artwork type.

 

Term Name: graphicsInterchangeFormat

URI:

http://utk.edu/utknamespace/vocabularies/local/graphicsinterchangeformat

Label:

GIF

Definition:

A bitmap image format that supports up to 8 bits per pixel for each image, allowing a single image to reference its own palette of up to 256 different colors chosen from the 24-bit RGB color space. It also supports animations and allows a separate palette of up to 256 colors for each frame.

Comment:

Networked Art medium.

 

Term Name: hypertext

URI:

http://utk.edu/utknamespace/vocabularies/local/hypertext

Label:

Hypertext

Definition:

Text displayed on a computer display or other electronic devices with references (hyperlinks) to other text that the reader can immediately access.

Comment:

Networked Art medium.

 

Term Name: applicationSoftware

URI:

http://utk.edu/utknamespace/vocabularies/local/applicationsoftware

Label:

Application Software

Definition:

A program or group of programs designed for end users. Examples of an application include a word processor, a spreadsheet, an accounting application, a web browser, an email client, a media player, a file viewer, etc.

Comment:

Networked Art medium.

Can be referenced as an App.

 

Term Name: socialMedia

URI:

http://utk.edu/utknamespace/vocabularies/local/socialmedia

Label:

Social Media

Definition:

Interactive computer-mediated technologies that facilitate the creation or sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks.

Comment:

Networked Art medium.

 

Term Name: americanStandardCodeForInformationInterchange

URI:

http://utk.edu/utknamespace/vocabularies/local/ascii

Label:

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

Definition:

A character encoding standard for electronic communication. ASCII codes represent text in computers, telecommunications equipment, and other devices.

Comment:

Networked Art medium.

Can be referenced as ASCII.