총체예술로서 나타나는 뉴미디어아트의 특성 연구

Abstract

History of contemporary art in the 20th century has witnessed radical change with the advent of new media. Especially with the emergence of computer as a new medium, scientists, programmers and engineers who create works of art appeared. From their works of art, the term 'New media art' was created. And yet, there are not distinct dictionary definitions for the term yet because new media art keeps changing and making complex relationships with the continuous development of the media. Among various forms of new media art, this study takes a view on new media art, which appears as a Gesamtkunstwerk without clear boundaries stimulating 5 senses like sense of sight, hearing and touch in a fused appearance of various genres, because new media art as a Gesamtkunstwerk is a meaningful area in that it not only is a creative form with various genres like existing painting, music and literature combined together but also creates new frame of understanding on art and aesthetic sensitivity in the process of the combination. Therefore, the author aims to help new media art in the future appearing as Gesamtkunstwerk genuinely communicate with audience, which is the realization of ideal in art, by analyzing the characteristics of new media art through this study. For this purpose, the author analyzed 3 characteristics of new media art appearing as Gesamtkunstwerk in this study. First, new media art appearing as a Gesamtkunstwerk helps audience voluntarily create independent epic through interaction, through which audience communicate perfectly with the artists and their works of art. Second, new media art appearing as a Gesamtkunstwerk leads audience to concentrate only on the works of art and have genuine communication by creating an environment where audience can be immersed in the works of art while forgetting reality. Third, through new media art appearing as a Gesamtkunstwerk, audience experiences sublimity as an uncertain and infinite world with independent epic and new aesthetic experience of immersion. This experience of sublimity means the communication of ideal realization which is the ultimate goal of art. With 3 characteristics of 'maximization of communication through interaction, creation of immersion environment through virtual space and experience of sublimity as a new aesthetic experience' analyzed by this study, new media art appearing as a Gesamtkunstwerk will produce works of art in the future which make more active and direct communication with audience possible thanks to continuously emerging media by the development of technology. Therefore, now is definitely the time to require new sense and concept of beauty and new attitude and idea of audience which fit the new media art appearing as a Gesamtkunstwerk. That is, this study hopes that new media art appearing as a Gesamtkunstwerk that realizes perfect communication, which is the ideal of art, will keep developing and contributing to art.