Mobile Digital Art

Mobile Art Fundamentals

Craig Newsom ARTIST, PROFESSOR Illinois, USA

Around us small bookstores shutter their windows, libraries desperately install coffee shops and newspapers crumble. In the meantime, each one of us, with what is commonly known as a smartphone, holds the sum total of all human knowledge and experience in the palms of our hands. We carry these tiny windows with us everywhere, hold them to our heads and stare at them, either in crowds or alone. There is an unwritten covenant that comes with these devices, an implied agreement. The covenant is one of connection. It is expected that with these devices we will never be alone and will always be able to broadcast our message to the entire world.

This book represents another aspect ...