DOC Informed Cities: Making Research Work for Local Sustainability by From Routledge in Arts-Photography

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In Relive; leading historians of the media arts grapple with this dilemma: how can we speak of "new media" and at the same time write the histories of these arts? These scholars and practitioners redefine the nature of the field; focusing on the materials of history -- the materials through which the past is mediated. Drawing on the tools of media archaeology and the history and philosophy of media; they propose a new materialist media art history. The contributors consider the idea of history and the artworks moment in time; the intersection of geography and history in regional practice; illustrated by examples from eastern Europe; Australia; and New Zealand; the contradictory scales of evolution; life cycles; and bodily rhythms in bio art; and the history of the future -- how the future has been imagined; planned for; and established as a vector throughout the history of new media arts. These essays; written from widely diverse critical perspectives; capture a dynamic field at a moment of productive ferment.ContributorsSusan Ballard; Brogan Bunt; Andreacute;s Burbano; Jon Cates; John Conomos; Martin Constable; Sean Cubitt; Francesca Franco; Darko Fritz; Zhang Ga; Monika Gorska-Olesinska; Ross Harley; Jens Hauser; Stephen Jones; Douglas Kahn; Ryszard W. Kluszczynski; Caroline Seck Langill; Leon Marvell; Rudy Rucker; Edward A. Shanken; Stelarc; Adele Tan; Paul Thomas; Darren Tofts; Joanna Walewska