Research on the Concept of Time in Kinetic Shadow Media Art

Abstract

McLuhan declared: "In the electronic age, everywhere is the center, everywhere is the edge",[1] which shows the huge impact of media on human social life. In the world constructed by media, people perceive time through media and give time meaning. Time is "alienated"; it is no longer the original external natural time, but a media time, a manifestation of the inner form of human beings. This paper takes the concept of time in moving image media art as the research object, and adopts the method of literature analysis and case analysis as the research method. Taking the influence of various art genres on the formation and development of dynamic shadow media art from the beginning of the 20th century to the present, it is found that the formation of dynamic shadow media art is influenced by Bergson's philosophy and dynamic media technology. Therefore, the author analyzes the works of individual artists and concludes that the time concept of dynamic shadow media art is a diversified, virtual and perceptual time concept.