Art, Media Design, and Postproduction

Part IIMetaproduction

Part II of the book is called “Metaproduction.” The guidelines are written in response to questions about art and media that emerged during the postmodern period, which was a time of questioning what media was or could be. The chapters are written for time-based media because it is movement as a concept across media that became prevalent during and after the postmodern period, particularly with the rise of video as a popular and affordable medium, as well as the eventual development of the Internet as a global form of communication. The guidelines, regardless of this emphasis, could be adapted for analog or networked media as well. Similarly to the other two parts of this book, the last chapter is more abstract and theoretical, ...