艺术史视域下的数字技术及其美学伦理

Digital Technology and Its Aesthetic Ethics within the Perspective of Art History

数字技术已在哲学、社会学等多个学科和媒介理论中引发广泛的讨论热潮,与之相比,艺术史的视域隐而不彰。这与艺术创作领域对现代以来各种新技术的敏锐反应和高度适应性不相匹配,与数字技术在理念和方法上对艺术作品的储存、传播的巨大影响不相匹配;这也与当前艺术学学科为包括数字艺术在内的各种新媒介艺术寻求合法的学科定位,建立有效的学术话语体系的理论热情不相匹配。艺术史视域为理解基于数字技术的各种新媒介艺术的发生,为理解数字技术在当代感性生成中的重要作用提供事实依据和参照系。对于构建数字艺术理论,进而在普遍意义上考察技术与艺术、技术与美学的关系维度,艺术史视域同样不可或缺。因为推进这一工作首先需要追问技术媒介如何转化为艺术媒介、媒介特性如何生成艺术形态、数字艺术如何凸显间性主体的感性交互三大问题,而这三个问题必须引入艺术史的视域才能获得有效的澄清。

Digital technology has sparked extensive discussions across various disciplines,including philosophy,socio⁃logy,and media theory;however,its implications within the field of art history remain largely understated.This con⁃trast does not align with the art creation field’s keen response and adaptability to new technologies since modern times,nor does it reflect the significant impact of digital technology on the storage and dissemination of artistic works in terms of concepts and methods.Additionally,it does not correspond with the current enthusiasm within the art discipline to establish a legitimate positioning for various new media arts,including digital art,and to create an effective academic discourse system.The history of art development offers a factual basis and reference frame for un⁃derstanding the emergence of new media arts grounded in digital technology,as well as for recognizing the important role of digital technology in contemporary sensibility.In constructing a theory of digital art,and more broadly explo⁃ring the relationships between technology and art,as well as technology and aesthetics,the perspective of art history is indispensable.To advance this work,it is crucial to address three core questions:how technological media trans⁃form into artistic media,how the characteristics of media generate artistic forms,and how digital art emphasizes the sensory interaction of interstitial subjects.Obviously,these three questions must be framed within the perspective of art history to achieve effective clarification.