Arte multimédia e curadoria : análise de questões curatoriais e museológicas no âmbito da arte dos novos média e estudos de caso

This master thesis explores the specificities of multimedia and new media art, and the curatorial practice’s conditions. It synthesizes the several elements of multimedia art and develops chronologically the emergence and evolution of the various components, internationally and in Portugal. It focuses on the historical influences that mark the present, passing through the relationship between the new media art and the art museums. The research also centers on the specific problems of the medium with implications for its incorporation, presentation and preservation. It also tries to include the side of the contents, the artists and their references to clarify this artistic practice. For this study a more practical approach was taken, with the analysis of a set of case studies, highlighting the extracurricular internship in curatorial assistance and production of the Second Nature exhibition, at the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT), which complemented the research. This study focuses on the artists of new media, Portuguese and international, as well as curators, presenting what Portuguese museums have being done in the field of curatorial practice and in the investment of new technologies. This dissertation also proposes to understand how the problems of multimedia art diverge from the previous artistic practice, contributing to the study and debate of the medium, especially in the national scen