VIRTUAL REALITY IN 'POSTMODERN ART PRACTICE'

Virtual Reality in 'Postmodern Art Practice'

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Introduction

The major distinction between what determines modern art, with its continuous re-invention, and the return to classical sculpture and painting is an essential movement in postmodernism. Main exponents of this facet of postmodernism is the Art Renewal Center with its staunch rejection of all art it comprehends to be modern (Batchen, 2002).

The artistic potential in the innovative advance technology are immense; like the combination of popular art, music with video and serious fine art. Art and Music together works really well and combination of both of these mediums produces excellent art. The inspiration of a 'visual' music, and 'moving' painting, is stimulating, for viewers and artists alike. Surely in time to come, both of these fields will be blended together even more and will create kinetic imagery which will include sound (Batchen, 2002). The utilization of laser is yet another thrilling option for many artists, in producing works with light, or composing the works exclusively of light.

During this century of information technology, the differentiation between machines and the human beings has become blurred. It has been alleged that it is no longer necessary to write science-fiction as now the people are living it. With the advancement in the technology continue to grow day by day, the people's understanding of these technological advancements are changing with the postmodern art practices. As new technologies are being introduced, the understanding of the people regarding these technologies are increasing and changing as well (Benjamin, 2010). These postmodern art practices are revolutionizing the way people view the technological advancements.

Virtual Reality in Cyberspace

Cyberspace is the mental representation of the intangible reality produced by the interactions amongst individuals utilizing computer networks and media digital like the Internet. The use of e-mail or chat, or surfing the Web is comprehended by the people as another world, where they can virtually reach each other's minds. Cyberspace is an intermediary zone, without the constraints of any specific time or space, within and between the mind of people, digitally communicating groups, and community.

Cyberspace will cease to exist without the substructure that let the diffusion of information which is the interrelated networks of computers that formulate the Internet, as well as common values, graphical interfaces, the World Wide Web, and the hypertext system (Benjamin, 2010). They have to a great extent facilitated these digital interactions. Additionally, tools like software and e-mail protocol, virtual reality advance environment, and chat room technology grant individuals to reconstruct their physical reality virtually, giving cyberspace its metaphorical intensions.

We now understand the reason of the popularity of cyberspace; nearly all individuals, to some extent, would like to experience these psychological affects in their real world. But in addition to these unique psychological characteristic, keeping in mind that it is individuals who are in cyberspace, and that individuals have their very own central patterns of societal conducts. For centuries, societal groups have been the main component in the lives ...