The book explores the influential artists of the 1980s, emphasizing their pioneering use of digital technology, which resonates with contemporary issues. It highlights Joseph Nechvatal's expressive digital imagery and virus integration, Lynn Hershman Leeson's interactive art linking gaming and art, Nancy Burson's foresight in multicultural representation through digital photography, George Legrady's early digital manipulation of press images, and Gretchen Bender's under-discussed contributions to digital visual language. These artists are shown to be crucial in understanding the digital landscape today.
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- 2024
- 2020
Sharing Code: Art1, Frederick Hammersley, and the Dawn of Computer Art
- 160 pages
- 6 hours of reading
Exploring the intersection of art and technology, the book recounts the development of Art1, a pioneering computer program created in 1968 at the University of New Mexico. Driven by Richard Williams and inspired by Charles Mattox, this initiative aimed to unify the seemingly disparate worlds of avant-garde art and complex scientific theories. Frederick Hammersley’s prolific output using Art1 is highlighted, alongside 50 illustrations by notable artists. Interviews with key figures provide insight into Art1's significant influence on early digital creativity and its lasting legacy.
- 2014
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
- 192 pages
- 7 hours of reading
A brilliantly imaginative and poignant fairy tale from the modern master of wonder and terror, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is Neil Gaiman’s first new novel for adults since his #1 New York Times bestseller Anansi Boys. This bewitching and harrowing tale of mystery and survival, and memory and magic, makes the impossible all too real...
- 2012
Fighting to survive in a ravaged world, a Dweller and a Savage form an unlikely alliance in New York Times bestselling author Veronica Rossi's "unforgettable dystopian masterpiece" (Examiner.com). Exiled from her home, the enclosed city of Reverie, Aria knows her chances of surviving in the outer wasteland—known as The Death Shop—are slim. Then Aria meets an Outsider named Perry. He's wild—a savage—and her only hope of staying alive. A hunter for his tribe in a merciless landscape, Perry views Aria as sheltered and fragile—everything he would expect from a Dweller. But he needs Aria's help too; she alone holds the key to his redemption. In alternating chapters told in Aria's and Perry's voices, Under the Never Sky subtly and powerfully captures the evolving relationship between these characters and sweeps readers away to a harsh but often beautiful world. Continuing with Through the Ever Night and concluding with Into the Still Blue, the Under the Never Sky trilogy has already been embraced by readers in twenty-six countries and been optioned for film by Warner Bros. Supports the Common Core State Standards
- 1994
Sex & Drogy & Rock & Roll
- 192 pages
- 7 hours of reading
Soubor fotografií pop a rockových hvězd v situacích, ve kterých by se dnes možná raději neviděly.