Literary Art in Digital Performance: Case Studies and Critical Positions

Francisco J. Ricardo

ISBN 10: 0826436803 / ISBN 13: 9780826436801

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Literary Art in Digital Performance: Case Studies and Critical Positions
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826436803
• ISBN 13: 9780826436801
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 340 grams

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Synopsis

Literary Art in Digital Performance examines electronic works of literary art, a category integrating the visual+textual including interactive poetry, narrative computer games, filmic sculpture, projective art, and other works specific to digital media. In recent decades, electronic art's aesthetic has been driven by new algorithmic, randomized, and emergent processes. Although this new art differs from material art or print literature, the rise of popular fascination with new media has neglected signifcant discussion of how technical mediation impacts contemporary art and literature. Presented as a collection of case studies by leading scholars, the book provides a contemporary optic on this art's forms, problems, and possibilities. Each case study is followed by a post-chapter dialogue where the editor engages authors on the foundational aesthetics of new media art and literature.

About the Author

Francisco J. Ricardo, Ph.D., is an art theorist and filmmaker born in Cuba in 1962. His work focuses on new media art and artists. Formerly affiliated with the University Professors of Boston University, he is co-founder of the Digital Video Research Archive, and has taught digital media theory in the Digital+Media Department at the Rhode Island School of Design.