electronic art

Computer-made visual work

Electronic art is art created using electronic technologies—from early oscilloscope experiments to video installations, computer graphics, and interactive digital works.

The term encompasses a broad range of practices where electronic devices or processes are central to the artwork's creation or experience: The museum's electronic art wing features immersive light installations.

Distinguished from traditional media by its dependence on electricity and often by its capacity for interactivity or real-time generation.

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medium/technology

electronic arttraditional art

Non-digital creative work

oil painting · watercolor painting · charcoal drawing · sculpture · pencil drawing

materiality

electronic artbronze sculpture

Cast copper-tin artwork

marble sculpture · carved stone · bronze casting · stone carving · textile art

historical period/tradition

electronic artcave painting

Prehistoric art on stone

classical art · Renaissance art · Old Masters · ancient art · medieval art

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