Surface : matters of aesthetics, materiality, and media /
What is the place of materiality - the expression or condition of a physical substance - in our visual age of rapidly changing materials and media? How is it fashioned in the arts or manifested in technology? This book deftly explores these questions, seeking to understand materiality in the contem...
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| Μορφή: | Βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Chicago ; London :
University of Chicago Press,
2014
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Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Partial contents: Fabrics of the visual : 1. A matter of fabric: pleats of matter, folds of the soul; 2. Surface, texture, weave: the fashioned world of Wong Kar-wai
- Surfaces of light: 3. Light spaces, screen surfaces: on the fabric of projection; 4. The surface tension of media: texture, canvas, screen; 5. Depth of surface, screen fabrics: stains, coatings, and "Films"
- Screens of projection: 6. Sites of screening: cinema, museum, and the art of projection; 7. The Architect's museum: Isaac Julien's double-screen projections
- Matters of the imagination: 8. Projections: The architectural imaginary in Art; 9. Textures in Havana: memoirs of material culture; 10. On dust, blur, and the stains of time: a "Virtual" letter to Sally Potter.
