short notes on the artistic responses to the mutations in the field of publishing
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"Short Notes on the Artistic Responses to the Mutations in the Field of Publishing" by Silvio Lorusso. Slides for the talk given at Fahrenheit39, festival of research and design for publishing in Italy, 9 March 2013, Ravenna, Italy.TRANSCRIPT
Short Notes on the Artistic Responses to the Mutations in the Field of Publishing
Silvio Lorusso | 8 March 2013 | Fahrenheit 39 | Ravenna, Italy
FLATLAND (2012)
Why (Media) Art?
Traditional Approach
ebook: I’m going to terminate you.
book: No way!
“I’M GONNA DO AN INTERNET” MEME
Constructive Approach
“What if?” mentality
An Overview through 4 Topics
1. Books and Digital Context
EDWIN ABBOTT ABBOTT, FLATLAND: A ROMANCE OF MANY DIMENSIONS (1884). FRONTISPIECE
TXT VERSION, CONVERTED IN 2008 BY ANONYMOUS. SOURCE: WWW.GUTENBERG.ORG/CACHE/EPUB/201/PG201.TXT
FROM THE BLOG THE ART OF GOOGLE BOOKS MANAGED BY KRISSY WILSON
ANDREW NORMAN WILSON, FROM THE SERIES SCANOPS (2012 - ONGOING)
JULIEN LEVESQUE, BOOKS SCAPES (2012)
2. Tools and Production
DOUGLAS ENGELBART, “DE-AUGMENTATION” EXPERIMENT (1962)
PAPERLESS TYPEWRITER
JASON HUFF, AUTOSUMMARIZE (2010)
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The Iliadby Homer
Gods! Gods! Gods! “Hector! Gods! Gods! “Hector! Gods! “Gods! God!
JASON HUFF, AUTOSUMMARIZE (2010)
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Illustrated History of Furnitureby Frederick Litchfield
[Illustration]
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furniture.
[Illustration]
LANCE WAKELING, SIC: NOTES FROM A KEYLOGGER (2007)
3. Book as Expression of Cultural Authority
BEN WEST & FELIX HEYES (KING ZOG), GOOGLE (2012)
JAMES BRIDLE (BOOKTWO.ORG), THE IRAQ WAR: A HISTORY OF WIKIPEDIA CHANGELOGS (2010)
JASON HUFF, THE STORY OF ART (2010)
4. Control & Ownership
over Content
JESSE ENGLAND, E BOOK BACKUP (2012)
JOHANNES P. OSTERHOFF, DEAR JEFF BEZOS (2013 – ONGOING)
Moar?
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