New Media & the Art World is one of 9 topics in the Grade 11 Visual Arts CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. New media art refers broadly to artwork that makes central use of:
Newer technologies, particularly digital, electronic and time-based tools
Only traditional oil painting on canvas
Only carved marble sculpture
Only charcoal drawing
Answer: Newer technologies, particularly digital, electronic and time-based tools — New media art refers broadly to artwork that makes central use of newer technologies, particularly digital, electronic, and time-based tools, rather than traditional physical media.
Easy
2. Which category of new media art involves an artist transforming an entire space into an immersive, three-dimensional artwork a viewer physically enters?
Installation art
Traditional oil painting
Classical sculpture in bronze only
Fresco painting
Answer: Installation art — Installation art transforms an entire space into an immersive, three-dimensional artwork that a viewer physically enters and moves through.
Medium
3. Name the category of new media art that uses moving image and sound, often shown on a screen or projected.
Answer: Video art — Video art uses moving image and sound, often shown on a screen or projected, sometimes as a single work or as multiple screens combined into an installation.
