The Secret Of The Media

In the contemporary works of media art, the media is like a "ghost". It is the life of the entire body of work. With the changing time and environment, the media itself will continue to "ferment" and to growth. In this process, the media will have their own secrets. When the audiences facing these installation artwork they will always try to understand the meaning of this work through the media,and realize the existence of hidden space. In this hidden space, the audiences can interact with the media, understanding the artist’s thoughts and intentions under the help of the media. The audiences will speculate the media and find their insight behind the "mystery."The article discusses several aspects of the information which hiding under the media surface: What is the medium; The relationship between artist, media and audiences; Media function in the artwork; Exploring the hidden secrets of media from the original text to digital images and programming languages.