Digital aesthetics
This work traces the globalisation of the digital medium, and enquires into its effects on subjectivity and sociality. The author argues for a democracy beyond the free market and the global corporation
digital art (visual works)
xiii, 172 pages ; 24 cm
9780761958994, 9780761959007, 0761958991, 0761959009
40335449
Preface: The Universal Touring Machine
1. Reading the Interface. Cybercafe. Hypertext and the Colonial Dialectic. A Good Read. The Library. Browsing and Netsurfing: Playful Reading. After Privacy: The Politics of Intimacy. Writing Materials
2. Virtual Realism: Machine Perception and the Global Image. Travelling Light. Critique of Cyborg Vision. The Anarchy and Society of Perceptions. Visual Rhetoric: The Socialisation of Perception. Remote Sensing: Global Images. Deconstructing the Map. The Ethics of Utopia
3. Spatial Effects. The Trouble with Hubble. Zeno's Paradox: Interminable Identities. From Orient to Outer Space: Cosmic Commodities. Perspective as Special Effect. From Outer Space to Cyberspace. Hacker Transvestism and the Tourist Mouse
4. Pygmalion: Silence, Sound and Space. Silence. Pure Hearing. Recording: The Mobilisation of Sound. Transmission: Silent Listening, Silent Reading. The Incoherence of the Soundtrack. Dispersed Spaces: Art Geography
5. Turbulence: Network Morphology and the Corporate Cyborg. Network Subjectivity and the Secret Honour of the Posts. A Brief History of Flow. The Human Biochip. Junk DNA: Morphologies of Multimedia. Anonymous History: Globalisation and Diaspora. Conclusion