media_city seoul 2000 city: between 0 and 1, poster, 2000. Design: Ahn Sang-soo
Seoul Mediacity Biennale
* Source: Multilingual Glossary of Korean Art. Korea Arts Management Service
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Media art refers to artworks produced using media scientific technology. It is also called new media art. The term became popularized as it was used by Les Levine in the Software exhibition held at the Jewish Museum in New York in 1970. Media art utilizes as its main media the primary means of communication in contemporary society, including books, magazines, newspapers, films, radio, televisions, videos, and computers. In and after the 1980s, a vast body of works that were based on computer technology and emphasized interaction between them and the audience were created, leading to the emergence of interactive art.
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