The Characteristics of Digital Media
The computer has been affecting our daily lives on various levels. Introduced as practical tool, the question for us has to be where the aspects of convenience, practicality and potential lie in the computer as an instrument for expression, or in other words, a medium. It is possible to define the power of digital technology as the power to convert objects into numerical information. This means at once that the boundary between replica and original disappears, and that information can be distributed freely to any place in the world. Artists no longer need to fall back on paper or film to show their works around.
Furthermore, the focus on interfaces for manipulating information has triggered a shift in the relationship between creator and recipient from a one-way affair toward interactivity. There is still a lot to explore about such characteristic features, as there is new, still uncharted territory added with every act of creative expression.