Science vs. Art. Artist vs. Audience. Author vs. Subject. Form vs. Content.
Hierarchy vs. Democracy.
Even the most cursory attempt at putting a box around “new media” immediately plunges the conversation into some of the most enduring discourses of art theory and social organization. Long-standing binaries vibrate against each other and start to unravel. However, the difficulty with the term “new media” goes beyond the inadequacies of existing taxonomies. It has less to do with what you make, and more with how you think.
