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Author Cubitt, Sean, 1953-

Title Digital aesthetics / Sean Cubitt
Published London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1998

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Description xiii, 172 pages ; 24 cm
Series Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered
Theory, culture & society.
Contents Preface: The Universal Touring Machine -- 1. Reading the Interface -- 2. Virtual Realism: Machine Perception and the Global Image -- 3. Spatial Effects -- 4. Pygmalion: Silence, Sound and Space -- 5. Turbulence: Network Morphology and the Corporate Cyborg
Summary Why do computers have typewriter keyboards and look like televisions? Where did the idea of networks come from and why are they shaped the way they are? Why should we take digital aesthetics seriously? This book addresses these and other questions posed by a discussion of the historical formation of digital culture and its impact on contemporary life. Sean Cubitt looks beyond the computer culture that we have and asks what kind of culture we might or should have
This is the first full-length study to investigate the aesthetic nature and purposes of computer culture in the contemporary world. It casts a cool eye on the claims of cybertopians, tracing the globalisation of the new medium and enquiring into its effects on subjectivity and sociality. Drawing on historical scholarship, philosophical aesthetics and the literature of cyberculture, the author argues for a genuine democracy beyond the limitations of the free market and the global corporation. Digital arts are identified as having a vital part to play in this process
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Visual communication -- Digital techniques.
Visual communication -- Digital techniques -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Virtual reality.
Human-computer interaction.
Computers and civilization.
Genre/Form Digital art.
LC no. 98061161
ISBN 0761958991 :
0761959009 paperback