{"product_id":"digital-currents-9780415307819","title":"Digital Currents","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDigital Currents\u003c\/em\u003e explores the growing impact of digital technologies on aesthetic experience and examines the major changes taking place in the role of the artist as social communicator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMargot Lovejoy recounts the early histories of electronic media for art making - video, computer, the internet - in this richly illustrated book. She provides a context for the works of major artists in each media, describes their projects, and discusses the issues and theoretical implications of each to create a foundation for understanding this developing field. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eDigital Currents\u003c\/em\u003e fills a major gap in our understanding of the relationship between art and technology, and the exciting new cultural conditions we are experiencing. It will be ideal reading for students taking courses in digital art, and also for anyone seeking to understand these new creative forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Delineates the relationship between today's electronic technologies and cultural change, thereby formulating a comprehensive and forceful social philosophy of our technical civilization.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr Joseph Nechvatal, School of Visual Arts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...provides a much needed analysis of the art-historical roots and the larger cultural and social context for understanding art in the electronic age.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristiane Paul, Whitney Museum of American Art\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Provides a strong overview of electronic media artists, as well as images from the projects. Its mix of visual documentation and clear writing about the works in suitable depth is a great aid in providing a foundation for understanding digital art. Indeed, it could be called 'the bible' of electronic art.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Flanagan, Hunter College, CUNY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart One: Sources 1  Vision, Representation and Invention 2  The Machine Age and Modernism 3  The Electronic Era and Postmodernism Part Two: Media 4  Video as Time, Space, MOtion 5  Art in the Age of Digital Simulation 6  Art as Interactive Communications: Networking Global Culture 7  Transaesthetics","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018130653527,"sku":"9780415307819","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415307819.jpg?v=1750775738","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/digital-currents-9780415307819","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}