While digital media gives us the ability to communicate with and know the world, their use comes at the expense of an immense ecological footprint and environmental degradation. In Finite Media Sean C
While digital media gives us the ability to communicate with and know the world, their use comes at the expense of an immense ecological footprint and environmental degradation. In Finite Media Sean C
Light is the condition of all vision, and the visual media are our most importantexplorations of this condition. The history of visual technologies reveals a centuries-long projectaimed at controlling
It has been said that all cinema is a special effect. In this highly original examination of time in film Sean Cubitt tries to get at the root of the uncanny effect produced by images and sounds that
The aesthetic nature and purposes of computer culture in the contemporary world are investigated in this book. Sean Cubitt casts a cool eye on the claims of cybertopians, tracing the globalization of
Videography is an attempt to discover the conditions under which it is possible to speak, write and teach about the electronic media. It provides a materialist account of video and computer media as t
In Relive, leading historians of the media arts grapple with thisdilemma: how can we speak of "new media" and at the same time write the histories of thesearts? These scholars and practitioners redefi
This anthology explores the pioneering period of the British video art form that has become a hallmark of contemporary art. Drawing on interviews, ephemera, archived tapes, and installations from the
"Third Text" has been the world's leading journal on art in the global context. Divided into sections that cover history, representation, identity, film, "post" theory, globalization, this reader brin
Aliens R Us explores the global culture of science fiction cinema, and in particular its presentation of contemporary images of the Other. Taking as a starting point the popularity of international fo
The close interdependency of animal emissaries and new media from early European colonial encounters with the exotic to today's proliferation of animals in digital networks.From cat videos to corporat
How art makes visible what had been invisible—the effects of radiation, the lives of atomic bomb survivors, and the politics of the atomic age.The effects of radiation are invisible, but art can make
An exploration of artworks that use weather or atmosphere as the primary medium, creating new coalitions of collective engagement with the climate crisis.In a time of climate crisis, a growing number
An investigation of artists' engagement with technical systems, tracing art historical lineages that connect works of different periods. "Machine art" is neither a movement nor a genre, but encompas
The long-awaited new edition of a groundbreaking work on the impact of alternative concepts of space on modern art.In this groundbreaking study, first published in 1983 and unavailable for over a deca
Tracing the connections—both visual and philosophical—between new media art and classical Islamic art.In both classical Islamic art and contemporary new media art, one point can unfold to reveal an en
Ecomedia: Key Issues is a comprehensive textbook introducing the burgeoning field of ecomedia studies to provide an overview of the interface between environmental issues and the media globally. Linki
Ecomedia: Key Issues is a comprehensive textbook introducing the burgeoning field of ecomedia studies to provide an overview of the interface between environmental issues and the media globally. Linki
Ecocinema Theory and Practice is the first collection of its kind—an anthology that offers a comprehensive introduction to the rapidly growing field of eco-film criticism, a branch of critical scholar
Ecocinema Theory and Practice is the first collection of its kind—an anthology that offers a comprehensive introduction to the rapidly growing field of eco-film criticism, a branch of critical scholar
Over the last 20 years, FACT, the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, has become the UK's leading organisation for commissioning, exhibiting, promoting and supporting artists' work and innovat
Essays on computer art and its relation to more traditional art, by a pioneering practitioner and a philosopher of artificial intelligence.In From Fingers to Digits, a practicing artist and a philosop
Peter Jackson's epic trilogy, the biggest film event of the 21st century, turned the best-selling book of the 20th century into a popular, critical and financial success all over again. This comprehen
Peter Jackson's epic trilogy, the biggest film event of the 21st century, turned the best-selling book of the 20th century into a popular, critical and financial success all over again. This comprehen
Ecological Entanglement in the Anthropocene brings together academics, activists, and artists to explore how human and nonhuman worlds act upon and transform one another. This book examines how numero
