This research was ultimately generated by the recognition of disturbances and difficulties pertaining to the curation, exhibition, and preservation of contemporary new media art. To start to formulate a process that is understood and achieved through the adaptation of artists, curators, and Academia, by researching current professionals' experiences and opinions in each of these roles is the goal of this study. Comparisons between those artists categorized as "fine" or "commercial" show diversions that take this genre of fine art away from the art institution, and solutions on how to bridge the gap between these diversions are theorized. The role of the "medium" is broken down as Virtual Reality (as well as Mixed Reality and Augmented Reality) is touched upon as a crux in the theory of the aura of art and digital reproduction, as well as an outlet for future preservation and exhibition. Three case studies are presented to supplement each section of research including: Christopher Bauder, Vello Virkhaus, and Bjork
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest, 2020
