TUCSON, Ariz. -- Digital technology has changed people’s lives dramatically over the past few decades, and the world of art and artists has been no exception.

The newest installment of ARTe, the Southern Arizona arts journal from Arizona Public Media, explores how the digital age has changed the lives and the work of four artists. ARTe: Digital and Art, premieres Wednesday night October 14 at 9:30 p.m.

ARTe, the quarterly arts journal from Arizona Public Media, is produced by Sooyeon Lee and hosted by Tucson Museum of Art Director Robert Knight. ARTe covers the vital and versatile arts scene in Arizona with profiles of some of the most talented visual and performing artists in the region.

The four profiles in ARTe: Digital and Art include:

Film versus pixels Digital cameras have changed the lives of many fine art photographers… and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Jack Dykinga, well known for his large format landscapes, says the divisive debate on film versus digital finally seems to be ending. Is digital photography finally maturing as a legitimate medium?

Compressing digital cinema University of Arizona researcher Dr. Michael Marcellin, a pioneer in the realm of digital image compression and data storage systems, has authored or coauthored more than 200 publications in these areas. Dr. Marcellin is a major contributor to the development of the JPEG2000 format, the emerging second-generation standard for image compression of digital cinema photography.

All digital filmmaker Pearry Reginald Teo is the youngest Asian-American director in Hollywood. His first short film was screened at Cannes, he’s won two international film festival awards and he’s the first Singaporean movie director to make a Hollywood film. But Teo says none of it would have been possible without the use of digital technology….

Books by their digitally-produced covers Illustrator and designer Paul Mirocha illustrates and designs books without using so much as a single brush or pencil stroke… and this area artist tells how the digital revolution has changed his art.

‘Kindling’ by David Ray Renowned poet David Ray presents a visual poem about digital technology and its affect on the literary world, especially the publication. Traditional books are now being replaced by electronic books with devices such as Amazon’s Kindle, which can hold thousands of books in one device. “Kindling” points out what such control over books will eventually lead to.

Recently, ARTe Producer Sooyeon Lee received several Emmy nominations from the National Academy of Television Arts & Science's Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter. Lee received two nominations in the category of Arts/Entertainment for her feature on Carolyn Anderson and another for the feature on Mark Klett. Johnston also received two nominations in the Arts/Entertainment special programming category for "ARTe 104: Retablo" and "ARTe 201: Art & Inspirations." Lee also a nomination for "Retablo: Uncovering the Secrets" in the cultural documentary category. The 2009 Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards are Oct. 24, 2009.

At a Glance ARTe 202: Digital and Art premieres Wednesday night October 14 at 9:30 p.m. with encore broadcasts on Sunday October 18 at 2:30 p.m. and Sunday, October 25 at 10 p.m. on PBS-HD channel 6.

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