Multidisciplinary Perspectives on New Media Art

About the Author Celia Soares is a university professor and researcher. Is Invited Professor at Higher School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Maia (IPMAIA), Portugal and invited Professor at the Communication Sciences and Information Technologies Department, University Institute of Maia (ISMAI), Portugal. She focuses and develops her research in the Information and Communication in Digital Platforms area - Information Systems and Usability context. She is involved in practice-based research on projects such as teaching foreign language for children with dyslexia using immersive technologies and Virtual reality and she also develops research focused on digital art preservation in ObEmMa - Scientific Observatory of Electronic Music and Media Art - UP (Porto University). She is member of CITCEM-Digital Culture Research Department (UP), Portugal, CITEI - Research Center for Technologies and Intermedia Studies (ISMAI), Portugal and Ni2- Research Center (IPMAIA), Portugal.Emília Simão is Vice-Director and Professor of Arts and Multimedia at Gallaecia University - ESG (PT) and Professor of Multimedia and Communication at Portuguese Catholic University- UCP (PT). PhD in Information and Communication in Digital Platforms by the University of Porto, MSc in Multimedia Communication by the Portuguese Catholic University, Post Graduated in Arts by the Superior Artistic School of Porto and Graduated in Communication Sciences by the Polytechnic Institute of Guarda. The research focus explores Media Arts, Post-modern Aesthetics, Electronic Dance Music Cultures and Post-modern Tribes, Immersive environments, Human-computer Interaction and Multimedia.. Also coordinates obEMMA - Electronic Music and Media Arts Scientific Observatory - (CIC Digital) University of Porto. Product Description New media has been gaining importance in the academic world as well as the artistic world through the concept of new media art. As the connections between art and communication technologies grow and further embrace a wide range of concepts, interpretations, and applications, the number of disciplines that will be touched will likewise continue to expand.Multidisciplinary Perspectives on New Media Art is a collection of innovative research on the methods and intersections between new media, artistic practices, and digital technologies. While highlighting topics including audience relationship, digital art, and computer animation, this book is ideally designed for academicians, researchers, high-level art students, and art professionals.