ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book presents Triangulating Artworlds: Gallery, New Media and Academy, Stephen Scrivener and Wayne Clements use the work of James Young and Howard Becker to propose the different artworlds in which art is made, and to show how they connect and are kept separate, and how they relate to each other. It describes the Excess and Indifference: Alternate Body Architectures, Stelarc considers some of the questions arising out of his practice as an artist using complex technologies often in the context of universities and other research-intensive organizations. It also describes the Paul Sermon's Telematic Practice and Research Discourses and three of his telematic projects. The book explains about the Tools, Methods, Practice, Process and Curation by Beryl Graham sums up the field of artistic practice in a digital culture, with particular emphasis on the question of curation.
