Media arts Zurich: 13 positions from the new media program / compiled by Christian Hübler ... [et al.]
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TextPublication details: Zurich : Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag : [distributor] NBN International Ltd : [distributor] Footprint Books : [distributor] Scheidegger & Spiess, 2008Description: 303 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + DVDISBN: 9783858812100 :; 3858812102 :Subject(s): Arts -- Experimental methods -- Periodicals | History of art & design styles: from c 1900 - -- GermanyDDC classification: 709.0407 Summary: Media art is one of the most exciting experimental fields to emerge in contemporary art in recent years--and yet its innovations have been sparsely documented." Media Arts Zurich," the third yearbook published by the Department New Media at the newly founded Zurich University of the Arts, seeks to fill this gap, offering an illuminating overview of the Swiss media art scene of the past decade. This book examines the varying approaches, techniques, and strategies of acclaimed media artists as well as the public reception of their work. Accompanied by a companion DVD in PAL format and 400 lavish illustrations, this volume presents thirteen individual artists and groups in the context of their backgrounds, exhibitions, and the state of European media art. Two essays by art and media historians here position these Swiss media artists in the international art world and document the first ten years and visions for the future of the media art program at the Zurich University of the Arts and its predecessor, the School of Art and Design Zurich. Richly illustrated and deeply informed, "Media Arts Zurich" points the way to a new European avant-garde.
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| 709.0407 LAB Background noise : perspectives on sound art / | 709.0407 LIV Live art on camera : performance and photography / | 709.0407 MED Mediascape / | 709.0407 MED Media arts Zurich: 13 positions from the new media program / | 709.0407 SOU Sound / | 709.04071 MAR The pop! revolution : how an unlikely concatenation of artists, aficionados, businessmen, collectors, critics, curators, dealers, and hangers-on radically transformed the art world / | 709.04071 MOO Pop art portraits / |
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Media art is one of the most exciting experimental fields to emerge in contemporary art in recent years--and yet its innovations have been sparsely documented." Media Arts Zurich," the third yearbook published by the Department New Media at the newly founded Zurich University of the Arts, seeks to fill this gap, offering an illuminating overview of the Swiss media art scene of the past decade. This book examines the varying approaches, techniques, and strategies of acclaimed media artists as well as the public reception of their work. Accompanied by a companion DVD in PAL format and 400 lavish illustrations, this volume presents thirteen individual artists and groups in the context of their backgrounds, exhibitions, and the state of European media art. Two essays by art and media historians here position these Swiss media artists in the international art world and document the first ten years and visions for the future of the media art program at the Zurich University of the Arts and its predecessor, the School of Art and Design Zurich. Richly illustrated and deeply informed, "Media Arts Zurich" points the way to a new European avant-garde.
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