A Companion to Digital Art

Acknowledgments

First and foremost I would like to thank the authors who have contributed to this volume for sharing their insights and expertise and patiently working with me. All of them have played a role in shaping the field of digital art through their books and essays, artworks and exhibitions, conferences, initiatives, and organizations, and this Companion would not exist without their groundbreaking work over the course of many years or even decades.

My thanks also go to Jayne Fargnoli, the Executive Art History Editor at Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, for her trust and support of this project, and the project editor, Julia Kirk, for her guidance and patience throughout the editorial process.

I am deeply grateful to the Brown Foundation Fellows Program run by the the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and its director Katherine Howe for awarding me a residency at the Dora Maar House in Menerbes, France, which enabled me to work on this book in the most beautiful and inspiring environment. Special thanks to Gwen Strauss, the assistant director of the Brown Foundation Fellows Program, whose amazing hospitality and generosity made my stay in Menerbes so enjoyable. Big thanks also go to my co-fellows at the Dora Maar House, Kathy Grove and Greg Pierotti, for poetic journeys and inhouse nuits blanches, and to Marie Ducaté and Gwendolyn Owens for colorful art and conversations.

I am indebted to all the artists, scientists, inventors, programmers, and theorists whose work over more ...