기술매체 기반 미술의 근본문제 - 사진, 뉴미디어, AI -

Abstract

Abstract This article deals with the main issues of art based on technical media leading to photography, computer based new media, and AI. Photography, which was born as a technical medium in the 19th century, became an important axis of contemporary art by combining it with digital technology and computers that quickly spread in the late 20th century. The so-called “AI project,” which started in 1950s, was rapidly developing into the 21st century, and is encouraging the evolution of the technical medium. Digital technology and computer engines are now at the center of contemporary art. The direction of this change is clear. In other words, the automaticity of the program is becoming more advanced. Photography, the first technical medium, started with 'low-level automation', but through computers and new media, 'high-level automation', such as an AI engine, is rapidly progressing. In this process, the original intention of human beings who planned the program disappeared and only 'functional automatism' remained. This is why the criticism of the technical media should consider this issue of “self-exclusion” as an object of reflection.