Understanding Metamedia

The evolution of computers and electronic media functions is incredibly complex. I appreciate the fact that there are many functions based on prior, purely physical functions that already existed. Although digital media has been around for decades, it is still fairly new, and it is much less intimidating for someone that isn't tech savy to be able to relate a new digital function back to an everyday physical function, such as cut, copy, and paste. As the reading stated, the distinction between functions specific to its media and functions that can be performed across many different media can be somewhat ambiguous. The inherent abstraction of digital media, I believe has also bled into the artwork produced by it. In contemporary times experimental art and music have surged immensely and I believe that is due to the rapid digitization of our world.