Throughout history, art objects have been placed in a variety of spaces, works of art have been part of churches, caves, libraries, malls, parks, galleries and museums. In each of these environments, art objects have acquired a variety of functions and meanings: religious, ritualistic, commercial, decorative, historical.
The virtual museum is the most recent cultural space to have emerged in the art world. The birth of the virtual museum dating back to the 1990s with the advent of the internet have created a new cultural space. In many ways, the cyberspace museum has redefined the functions of the museum and the relationships between the museum, the art object and the public.
This fascinating paradigm shift has peeked the interest of not only artists, technologists but asko sociologists such as María-José Moreno of the Department of Social Sciences, College of General Studies at the University of Puerto Rico has dedicated her career to the affects of technology on altering our traditional views of art.
The virtual museum is the most recent cultural space to have emerged in the art world. The birth of the virtual museum dating back to the 1990s with the advent of the internet have created a new cultural space. In many ways, the cyberspace museum has redefined the functions of the museum and the relationships between the museum, the art object and the public.
This fascinating paradigm shift has peeked the interest of not only artists, technologists but asko sociologists such as María-José Moreno of the Department of Social Sciences, College of General Studies at the University of Puerto Rico has dedicated her career to the affects of technology on altering our traditional views of art.
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