ETHICS OF DIGITAL REPRESENTATION IN VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
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https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v7.i3s.2026.7449Keywords:
Digital Representation, Digital Art Ethics, Artificial Intelligence In Arts, Cultural Heritage, Ethical Framework, Visual And Performing Arts, Intellectual Property, Algorithmic Bias, Digital CreativityAbstract [English]
Rapid emergence of the digital technologies has witnessed a massive transformation of the production, expression, and dissemination of the visual and performing arts. The technologies of artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, motion capture, and synthetic media have offered potent tools of applying new forms of artistic expression, and creating immersive experiences to the audience. They are expanding the creative opportunities and the global reach, but these technologies are causing acute ethical concerns on authenticity, cultural representations and identity of the performers, intellectual property and privacy of information. These problems must be taken into consideration in order to align technological innovation in the arts with responsible and culturally sensitive practice. This paper examines ethical aspects of digital representation of visual and performing arts according to the analysis of the literature available on the topic of digital media ethics, artificial intelligence in art, and cultural heritage preservation. The essay addresses the significant technologies that enable the production of the digital pieces of art and mainstream ethical concerns that provide authenticity, cultural appropriation, algorithms bias, rights to own, and privacy issues. Comparative evaluation of the current existing ethical frameworks has shown that the current models tend to consider individual variables of digital ethics and not give a detailed analysis in the context of art. In order to fill these gaps, the paper suggests a conceptual artistic ethical framework of digital representation. The framework combines the concepts of responsible digital art creation, ethical design standards of artists and institutions, governance structure of digital platforms, and the workflow of ethical artistic production and distribution. The model suggested should help facilitate transparency, cultural authenticity, performer permission, and responsible artificial intelligence usage in artistic activities. The results emphasize the significance of inter-disciplinary cooperation of artists, technologists and policymakers and cultural institutions in formulating ethical principles that facilitate creativity without undermining artistic integrity and cultural diversity in the dynamic digital arts ecosystem.
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