Media Art is a highly contested term throughout the arts world. How does one define something that is constantly changing with the emergence of new technology and practices? This genre of artistic endeavour is generally process dependent on technology with a time-based component. A critical art practice that embraces both technological history and the cutting edge, media art works can be either analog or digital and in some cases both.

Pushing boundaries, this area of practice can embrace video, film, digital art, audio, computer graphics, animation, internet, robotics, electronics, biotech and beyond.

Because of the scope of this genre and its inclusive nature, AMAAS defines Media Art as “Independent artist initiated and controlled use of film, video, new media, audio art and related media.”