Skip to main content
intermedia

intermedia

8.6
Relating to art that uses two or more different media like video and sculpture
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪntərˈmiːdiə/
  • Jargon
translation icon : multimedia
  • Her project was an intermedia exploration of dance and digital animation, showcasing the fusion of both art forms.

Examples

  • The exhibition featured an intermedia installation that blended visual art with live music performances.

  • Peter Szczepanik calls these references, "intermedia reflexivity," a strategy that attracts the reader's attention to the different features of each medium: "As one medium takes over and transforms the structural components of another, the hidden or automatized structural components of both media become defamiliarized."

    Academic text (2014)
  • This is your more intermedia analysis, so we'll ignore that for now.

  • The results seem to support the argument that intermedia similarity of news agenda in certain contexts cannot be taken for granted.

    Academic text (2016)
  • In their latest work, the artists used intermedia techniques to create a dialogue between painting and sculpture.

Synonyms

transmedia
vsintermedia
  • Jargon
3 8.2

A way of telling a story across different media like films, books, and games that feels real

is broader and applies to cross media work beyond storytelling
multimodal
vsintermedia
  • Specialized
1 5.7

A way of communicating that uses speech, images, and movement

is narrower focusing on artistic media instead of general modes
intermedial
vsintermedia
  • Jargon
8.5

A work that uses more than one kind of art, like painting or video

is the same idea but stresses being between different media forms
interartistic
vsintermedia
  • Specialized
8.0

Relating to more than one art form, like music and painting

is about involving more than one artistic medium or form
transmedial
vsintermedia
  • Specialized
8.5

Appears across different media like books, films, and games

is similar but focuses on artistic media rather than any media type

Compounds

Amsinckia intermedia
  • Specialized
9.9

A small yearly plant with bright orange coiled flower spikes seen in spring

A small artery in the head that supplies the middle part of the temporal lobe

pars intermedia
  • Specialized
9.9

A thin tissue layer between the front and back parts of the pituitary, usually joined to the back in adults

How Mixed

transmedia
  • Jargon
3 8.2
intermedia
  • Jargon
8.6
multimedia
  • Specialized
12 3.8
artwork
81 3.0

Surface Forms

intermedia positive

Morphology

intermedia = media (semi-transparent) = inter + media

The form inter- + media clearly signals 'between/among media', but learners may be confused because 'media' is often understood primarily as mass communication rather than artistic materials.

Etymology

Intermedia comes from the Latin parts inter- meaning 'between' and media meaning 'materials' or 'means', like the common word medium. So as an adjective it describes art that sits 'between' media or uses more than one material at the same time.