Digital, video and new media arts Books
Taylor & Francis Ltd Essential Programming for the Technical Artist
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£137.75
Taylor & Francis The Aesthetics of Scientific Data Representation
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£38.99
Taylor & Francis Film Religion and Activist Citizens
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£39.99
Taylor & Francis A Philosophy of Computer Art
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£128.25
Taylor & Francis A Philosophy of Computer Art
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Performance of Absence in Theatre Performance and
Book SynopsisThis research project investigates the concepts of absence across the disciplines of theatre, visual art, and performance.Absence in the centre of an ideology frees the reader from the dominant meaning. The book encourages active engagement with theatre theory and performances. Reconsideration of theories and experiences changes the way we engage with performances, as well as social relations and traditions outside of theatre. Sylwia Dobkowska examines and theorises absence and presence through theatre, performance, and visual arts practices.This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of theatre, visual art, and philosophy.Table of Contents1. Absence and Theatre Studies 2. Absence and Objects 3. Absence and Performers 4. Absence and Audience
£37.04
Taylor & Francis Ltd Postinternet Art and Its Afterlives
Book SynopsisFocusing on the postinternet' art of the 2010s, this volume explores the widespread impact of recent internet culture on the formal and conceptual concerns of contemporary art.The postinternet' art movement is splintered and loosely defined, both in terms of its form and its politics, and has come under significant critique for this reason. This study will provide this definition, offering a much-needed critical context for this period of artistic activity that has had and is still having a major impact on contemporary culture. The book presents a picture of what the art and culture made within and against the constraints of the online experience look, sound, and feel like. It includes works by Petra Cortright, Jon Rafman, Jordan Wolfson, DIS, Amalia Ulman, and Thomas Ruff, and presents new analyses of case studies drawn from the online worlds of the 2010s, including vaporwave, anonymous image board culture, irony bros' and edgelords', viral extreme sports stunts, and GIFs.Table of ContentsIntroduction: TINA: Images Under Control 1. A Dysphoric World Picture 2. Dangerous Luxuries and Eloquent Vulgarities 3. Art in the Age of 4Chan 4.The Horror of Digital Photography Coda: From Surfing to Scrolling
£128.25
Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Literature in a Digital Age
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£66.50
Cambridge University Press The Queerness of Video Game Music
Book SynopsisThis Element examines musical structures that provide queer temporal alternatives to normative linear development, and interactive systems that reframe the power relationship between musical material and listener. It also rejecting chrononormativity and discusses music that queers the self/other binary of identity.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Structure: queer time and the power of imagined alternatives; 2. Timbre: queering technological progress and anti-chrononormativity; 3. Identity and queer anti-essentialism; Conclusions; References.
£17.00
Cambridge University Press The Challenges of BornDigital Fiction
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£47.49
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Warcraft Behind the Dark Portal
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£36.00
Penguin Putnam Inc Better Living Through Criticism How to Think
Book SynopsisThe New York Times film critic shows why we need criticism now more than everFew could explain, let alone seek out, a career in criticism. Yet what A.O. Scott shows in Better Living Through Criticism is that we are, in fact, all critics: because critical thinking informs almost every aspect of artistic creation, of civil action, of interpersonal life. With penetrating insight and warm humor, Scott shows that while individual critics--himself included--can make mistakes and find flaws where they shouldn't, criticism as a discipline is one of the noblest, most creative, and urgent activities of modern existence.Using his own film criticism as a starting point--everything from his infamous dismissal of the international blockbuster The Avengers to his intense affection for Pixar's animated Ratatouille--Scott expands outward, easily guiding readers through the complexities of Rilke and Shelley, the origins of Chuck Berry and the Rolling S
£15.30
The University of Chicago Press The Surrealism Reader
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£999.99
HarperCollins The Hobbit Sketchbook
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£28.50
Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc Champions of Illusion
Book SynopsisA full-colour celebration of stunning visual illusions and the science behind them.
£22.10
Penguin Putnam Inc Leonard Maltins Movie Guide
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£24.17
Alfred A. Knopf The Nolan Variations
Book SynopsisAn in-depth look at Christopher Nolan, considered to be the most profound, commercially successful director at work today, written with his full cooperation. A rare, revelatory portrait, as close as you''re ever going to get to the Escher drawing that is Christopher Nolan''s remarkable brain (Sam Mendes). In chapters structured by themes and motifs (Time; Chaos; Dreams), Shone offers an unprecedented intimate view of the director. Shone explores Nolan''s thoughts on his influences, his vision, his enigmatic childhood past--and his movies, from plots and emotion to identity and perception, including his latest blockbuster, the action-thriller/spy-fi Tenet (Big, brashly beautiful, grandiosely enjoyable--Variety). Filled with the director''s never-before-seen photographs, storyboards, and scene sketches, here is Nolan on the evolution of his pictures, and the writers, artists, directors, and thinkers who have inspired and informed his films. Fabulous: intelligent, illuminating, rigorous, and highly readable. The very model of what a filmmaking study should be. Essential reading for anyone who cares about Nolan or about film for that matter.--Neal Gabler, author of An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood and Walt Disney, The Biography
£34.00
DK Star Wars Timelines
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£40.00
DK A Clockwork Reader Film and TV Journal
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£21.25
Schiffer Publishing Ltd World Gone Wild
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewQuite frankly this is a guide book that fans of the sub-genre really need just for the sake of finding films out there that they may not have seen before. That someone out there has managed to not only see all of these but catalogue them in this amount of detail is a film-buffs dream come true. Anything even remotely end of the world related gets a look in. And not just high budget, or 80s Mad Max rip offs, but all of the low brow titles you are likely to have never heard of down through the past few decades get covered (yes Albert Pyun fans he even gets his own index). Its amazing that even in the pages that have A-Z lists that they still find space for colour photos to keep you leafing through, staving off any boredom the eye might find. This is a real film nerds collectors item written by one, for the many. This is time well spent on a great book! Steven Hurst, Filmwerk.co.uk June 2015
£30.39
Rutgers University Press Hidden in Plain Sight
Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to describe cinematic effects as “movie magic,” to compare filmmakers to magicians, or to say that the cinema is all a “trick”? The heyday of stage illusionism was over a century ago, so why do such performances still serve as a key reference point for understanding filmmaking, especially now that so much of the cinema rests on the use of computers? To answer these questions, Colin Williamson situates film within a long tradition of magical practices that combine art and science, involve deception and discovery, and evoke two forms of wonder—both awe at the illusion displayed and curiosity about how it was performed. He thus considers how, even as they mystify audiences, cinematic illusions also inspire them to learn more about the technologies and techniques behind moving images. Tracing the overlaps between the worlds of magic and filmmaking, Hidden in Plain Sight examines how professional illusionists and Trade Review"Fresh and intriguing, Hidden in Plain Sight offers a wealth of fascinating historical information on the myriad ways and contexts in which moving images have evoked experiences of wonder from audiences. Williamson’s interest in the material is infectious." -- Stephen Prince * author of Digital Visual Effects in Cinema: The Seduction of Reality *"In answering questions that date back at least a century in movie-making, Williamson looks at how movie magic has inspired people to learn more about the techniques and technology behind the images. " * Flicksided *"Williamson’s superb book is a broadly conceived and thought-provoking reconsideration of the consanguinity of magic and moving images that obliges us to contemplate the special sense of wonder magic induces." -- Matthew Solomon * author of Disappearing Tricks and The Gold Rush *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Watching Closely 1 (De)Mystifying Tricks: The Wonder Response and the Emergence of the Cinema 2 Quicker than the Eye: Science, Cinema, and the Question of Vision 3 Second Sight: Time Lapse and the Cinema as Seer 4 The Enchanted Screen: Performing the Cinema’s Illusion of Life 5 Digital Prestidigitation: The Eclipse of the Cinema’s Mechanical Magic 6 Through Digital Eyes: Reanimating Early Cinema Conclusion: Other Obscurities and Illuminations Notes Index
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Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum In the Aftermath of Trauma Contemporary Video
Book SynopsisPublished in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, this title presents the work of contemporary video artists from around the world who use their medium to probe traumatic experiences and their aftermath.
£999.99
Gingko Press, Inc Computer Generated
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£49.50
University of New Orleans Press Espacio Nómada En El Ensayo Autobiográfico del
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£32.30
Michigan State University Press African Filmmaking: Five Formations
Book SynopsisThis volume attempts to join the disparate worlds of Egyptian, Maghrebian, South African, Francophone, and Anglophone African cinema - that is, five “formations” of African cinema. These five areas are of particular significance - each in its own way.The history of South Africa, heavily marked by apartheid and its struggles, differs considerably from that of Egypt, which early on developed its own “Hollywood on the Nile.” The history of French colonialism impacted the three countries of the Maghreb - Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco - differently than those in sub-Saharan Africa, where Senegal and Sembène had their own great effect on the Sahelian region. Anglophone Africa, particularly the films of Ghana and Nigeria, has dramatically altered the ways people have perceived African cinema for decades.History, geography, production, distribution, and exhibition are considered alongside film studies concerns about ideology and genre. This volume provides essential information for all those interested in the vital worlds of cinema in Africa since the time of the Lumière brothers.
£999.99
Triumph Books 100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do
Book SynopsisEvery Spider-Man fan knows Peter Parker's origin story, knows about his clashes with the Green Goblin, and is eager to see actor Tom Holland don the red and blue suit on the big screen. But do you know the genesis of Venom or the Sinister Six? Have you ever tried Aunt May's famous wheatcakes? 100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die is the ultimate resource for true fans of the character. Whether you’re a die-hard comic book reader from the Silver Age or a new follower of the popular movies, these are the 100 things all fans need to know and do in their lifetime. Writer and podcaster Mark Ginocchio has collected every essential piece of Spider-Man knowledge and trivia, as well as must-do activities, and ranks them all from 1 to 100, providing an entertaining and easy-to-follow checklist as you progress on your way to fan superstardom!
£13.25
Trine Day Esoteric Hollywood 3
£19.79
MIT Press Picture Cycle
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£14.24
Sequence Press Always Starts with an Encounter: Wols—Eileen
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£27.20
Intellect Books World Film Locations: Dublin
Book SynopsisWith its rich political and literary history, Dublin is a sought after destination for cinematographers who have made use of the city's urban streetscapes and lush pastoral settings in many memorable films – among them Braveheart, The Italian Job and the 2006 musical drama Once. Throughout the book, a series of essays by leading film scholars spotlight familiar actors, producers, and directors as well as some of the themes common to films shot in Dublin, including literature, politics, the city's thriving music scene and its long history of organized crime. World Film Locations: Dublin aims to present a selective snapshot of the city through the medium of the movies made or set in it and allow the reader to inhabit these spaces, passing through a stimulating choice of words and pictures that inform and precipitate an imagined exploration. It is a collection of over 40 reviews of scenes from films either shot or set in Dublin, illustrated by images from the scenes in question and photographs of locations, often as they are today. Together, the words and images expose the relationship between a scene’s setting and its impact on the viewer. The short scene reviews are interspersed with more detailed, meditative essays that are designed to examine in greater depth some of the key aspects of Dublin as seen onscreen; the city’s political and literary histories are appraised, as are its music scene, its familiar faces, its element of organised crime and its fluctuating attributes before, during and after the Celtic Tiger era. Taken as a whole, this book constitutes a rare written instance of Dublin encapsulated in moments of film, brought together and supplemented by a pictorial toolkit designed to enable a conceptual tour of the city in its various incarnations.Trade Review'The World Film Locations series wends its way to the Irish capital, painting a multi-angle portrait via 46 synopses of scenes shot or set in Dublin. There's even timecode references, should you wish to track down the relevant scene in Becoming Jane.' – Total FilmTable of ContentsMaps/Scenes Scenes 1-8 – 1959-1988 Scenes 9-16 – 1989-1996 Scenes 17-24 – 1996-2000 Scenes 25-32 – 2000-2003 Scenes 33-39 – 2004-2006 Scenes 40-46 – 2006-2011 Essays Dublin: City of the Imagination – Jez Conolly and Caroline Whelan The Graft on Grafton: Dublin's Music On-screen – Nicola Balkind Mount Rushmore on the Liffey: Four Faces of Dublin – Jez Conolly and Caroline Whelan Dublin: A Stage for Revolution? – Adam O’Brien Urban Visions and Cinematic Modernities: Literary Dublin On-screen – Colm McAuliffe Craicing the Safe: The Gangster Figure in Dublin Cinema – Clair Schwarz Middle-Class and Proud of It? Representations of Dublin During the Celtic Tiger Era – Stephen Boyd
£999.99
University Press of Kentucky On the Set of Forrest Gump
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Logos Verlag Berlin Closed Circuit Videoinstallationen: Ein Leitfaden
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£999.99
Edition Imorde Conscientious Viscerality: The Autobiographical
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