{"product_id":"live-visuals-9781032252681","title":"Live Visuals","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume surveys the key histories, theories and practice of artists, musicians, filmmakers, designers, architects and technologists that have worked and continue to work with visual material in real time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCovering a wide historical period from Pythagorasâs mathematics of music and colour in ancient Greece, to Castelâs ocular harpsichord in the 18th century, to the visual music of the mid-20th century, to the liquid light shows of the 1960s and finally to the virtual reality and projection mapping of the present moment, \u003ci\u003eLive Visuals\u003c\/i\u003e is both an overarching history of real-time visuals and audio-visual art and a crucial source for understanding the various theories about audio-visual synchronization. With the inclusion of an overview of various forms of contemporary practice in Live Visuals culture â from VJing to immersive environments, architecture to design â \u003ci\u003eLive Visuals\u003c\/i\u003e also presents the key ideas of practitioners who work with the visual in a live context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will appeal to a wide range of scholars, students, artists, designers and enthusiasts. It will particularly interest VJs, DJs, electronic musicians, filmmakers, interaction designers and technologists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLive Visuals\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely and compelling account of the relationship between sound and image. It charts a historical course that is long overdue. The book brings together an impressive array of voices that in combination mix historical context, theoretical analysis, and reflections on contemporary practice, to great effect. It is an invaluable resource for audio-visual students and scholars and makes a very significant contribution to intellectual debate in this field.” \u003cb\u003eProfessor Stephen Kennedy,\u003c\/b\u003e Professor of Critical Theory and Practice, Greenwich University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLive Visuals\u003c\/i\u003e presents a timely historical and conceptual overview of the art and design of live media. Featuring the work of the early pioneers to some of today’s leading designers of spatial media, \u003ci\u003eLive Visuals\u003c\/i\u003e offers a framework for creative practitioners and students of the art of immersive visual experiences.” \u003cb\u003eDamien Smith,\u003c\/b\u003e Creative Partner, ISO, http:\/\/isodesign.co.uk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eList of contributors\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cb\u003e - \u003c\/b\u003eThe Long History of Moving Images Becoming Alive\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Gibson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART I THE HISTORY OF LIVE VISUALS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1 - Inventing Instruments: Colour-Tone Correspondence to Colour-Music Performance (pre-1900)\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaura McDonnell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2 - Moving Towards the Performed Image (Colour Organs, Synesthesia and Visual Music): Early Modernism (1900-1955)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Gibson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3 - Liquid Visuals: Late Modernism and Analogue Live Visuals (1950-1985)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Gibson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4 - Scratch Video and Rave: The Rise of the Live Visuals Performer (1985-2000) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLéon McCarthy and Steve Gibson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5 - The Post-conceptual Digital Era\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(2000-present)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Goodfellow and Steve Gibson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART II THE THEORY OF LIVE VISUALS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6 - Cross-Modal Theories of Sound and Image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph Hyde\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7 - Live Visuals in Theory and Art\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Goodfellow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8 - Live Visuals: Technology and Aesthetics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLéon McCarthy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9 - AVUIs: Audio-Visual User Interfaces - Working with Users to Create Performance Technologies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNuno N. Correia and Atau Tanaka\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10 - A Parametric Model for Audio-Visual Instrument Design, Composition and Performance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdriana Sá and Atau Tanaka\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11 - Presence and Live Visuals Performance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonna Leishman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART III THE PRACTICE OF LIVE VISUALS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12 - VJing, Live Audio-Visuals and Live Cinema\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Gibson and Stefan Arisona\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13 - Immersive Environments and Live Visuals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Gibson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 14 - Architectural Projections: Changing the Perception of Architecture with Light\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimon Schubiger, Stefan Arisona, Lukas Treyer, and Gerhard Schmitt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 15 - Design and Live Visuals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonna Leishman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART IV INTERVIEWS WITH KEY PRACITIONERS–STEVE GIBSON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 16 - Interview 1 - Tony Hill, Expanded Cinema pioneer \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 17 - Interview 2 - Christopher Thomas Allen, Founder \u0026amp; Director, The Light Surgeons \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 18 - Interview 3 - Greg Hermanovic, CEO, Derivative\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 19 - Interview 4 - Markus Heckmann, Technical Director, Derivative; Programmer for Carsten Nicolai and others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 20 - Interview 5 - Peter Mettler, Digital and Live Cinema Artist \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfterward\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018926489943,"sku":"9781032252681","price":48.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032252681.jpg?v=1750778692","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/live-visuals-9781032252681","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}