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DIGITAL ART Complementing the technological status of post-industrial societies, digital culture has laid the groundwork for a new relationship between human beings and the universe surrounding them. Their entrance on the stage of the contemporary world began with the questioning of the way reality is represented, in the sense of the "objective reality" of scientific positivism, thanks to the possibility of unlimited transformations of digital images, following the movement begun by the mass communications media and its many interpretations in the course of human experience. Digital representations are no longer simply a method of translating reality, but rather a means to a new way of thinking about it. Because of their intrinsic characteristics, traditional ideas about space, time, unity, and original or copy have become irrelevant in their context, and must be reexamined in light of the particular characteristics of this new medium. Perhaps it is an exaggeration at the moment to speak of digital art. Nevertheless, the growing need for artists to abandon traditional mediums and enter the world of binary images points out the urgent need to review our culture from the new paradigm, although the results may be imprecise and difficult to catalog. The meteoric expansion of digital media in Argentina during the last ten years has been the reason why a wave of young artists is taking part in this activity. Now is probably one of the most productive moments to explore the aesthetic implications of this necessary period of transition. Translated from Spanish by A. McEwen. [For more information on contemporary artists exploring digital art in Argentina during this exciting time, please join us for PART 2 .]
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