Roles or Agendas of the New Media Artist/Technologist/Scientist

I've referenced some of the roles of the new media artist in past posts often enough that for reference and for the sake of completeness, I would post the entire list here.

As stated by Professor Doug Gast at WSU Tri-Cities, the 6 roles or agendas of the new media artist/technologist/scientist are as follows:

• Invent new technologies with no utilitarian function or market value
• Instead, for play, curiosity and/or provocation
• Engage in science/technology research at different moments in process
• Identify questions least likely to be asked or tackled
• Invent new ways of investigating themes that arise from research where the tools or concepts turn into installations or performances
• Invent new ways to visualize data and make the results public
• Act as inventors inventing or refining technology and making use of emerging science
• Deconstruct hidden narratives in science and technology as cultural commentary