What is the point of art in the media age?

This article composed by Dieter Daniels pushes the thought of the significance and impact that art has on the media age. Daniels writes in his article that people such as Daguerre and Morse are artist that we do not consider artist. Daguerre's daguerrotypes are considered by many to be the first form of photography although that is much debated as Nicéphore Niépce played a major if not nearly complete role in the discovery. Daniels views morse code as a form of art as sound is converted into a form of communication, but I seem to view things much differently.

In my opinion, Daguerre and Morse were not artist at all and shouldn't be considered such. Daniels points out that we do not link the accomplishments created by these "Artist" with there work as we do with other artist and their work such as da Vinci and Warhol. This is because there intentions were not art related. The photograph, which is obviously a technological phenomenom at the time and to this day, did not have much use as a form of art during the time of its development. Photography's origin can be seen more clearly as a science procedure which is why we do not link the inventor with the invention with art. As with my opinion on Daguerre, Morse's main intentions on developing Morse Code could not have been anywhere near art. Art in relation to this form of communication could have been the last thing on his mind and Morse Code became a science project.

In today's society, you can definetly try to link art with technology as you can link art with just about anything. The graphics we view on the television and computer screen for instance... art, the cars we drive... art, the clothes we wear... all of it is art as it all had an artistic template in it's design and manufacturing. Art in the media age to go deeper into Daniels article is a necesity to keep the media age moving. You cannot really create anything this day in age without a template. Technology is based off of what technology came before it and those forms of technology all had a template or an idea to construct such a thing. This may not necessarily be considered art, but it most definitely helps to manuever the way we view art, be it to enhance or to completely change the way we view it. Look at how we view photography today. It is seen as a form of art as well as documentation, entertainment, and income. Technological advancements helped to spread photography around into different fields as photography did not start this way, but found its way to this point.