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advent of new media presents a serious challenge to our understanding
of visual representation, of narrative and indeed the whole art of the
moving image. New narrative forms in hypertext, multimedia, computer games,
interactive broadcast and screen media are constantly redefining the relationship
between the creators of content and their audiences, who increasingly
are becoming the co-producers of meaning. This publication juxtaposes
the work of leading cultural theorists and philosophers of new media,
against creative artists' attempts to accommodate to these vehicles of
content. The book shows how classical narrative in many areas has been
giving way to a new, more fragmentary culture of drama. It re-purposes
the use of critical tools for discussing the inner design and immersive
effects of the new media forms and its social, political and cultural
contexts. Alongside a discussion of how these new stories relate to issues
of identity and the body, restructured temporal and spatial models and
interfaces, the book explores differing creative platforms such as the
Internet, Media Installation, Interactive Broadcast, CD-ROM and Expanded
Cinema. The artists, themselves exploring innovative solutions, critically
examine their own practice, with a special focus on fiction-based forms
of interaction.
This unique volume is presented with an accompanying DVD-ROM, featuring
extracts from some of the groundbreaking works discussed by leading media
theorists from Europe and the USA, including:
Annika Blunck, Alex Butterworth, Sean Cubitt, Söke Dinkla, Jon Dovey,
Timothy Druckrey, Malcolm Le Grice, Lev Manovich, Peter Weibel, Paul Willemen
and John Wyver.
DVD-ROM
Made in conjunction with the ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe,
Germany, this unique addition to the book provides a rich sampler of interactive
work and videos by which to explore the experimental territory, where
the cinematic and digital arts are converging in new forms of narrative.
Such work has usually been shown in international gallery and conference
venues, which have been inaccessible to a general audience. This compilation
is carefully cross-referenced with the book to open a comprehensive overview
to a wider public.
The cross-platform DVD-ROM provides up to 4 Gigabytes of detailed illustration
and analysis of the work of artists and interactive filmmakers from around
the world, who are at the cutting-edge in creating and critiquing these
new hybrid forms of interactive narrative.
Practitioners such as: Zoe Beloff, Michael Buckley, Luc Courchesne, Toni
Dove,Ken Feingold, Chris Hales, Graham Harwood, George Legrady, Martin
Rieser,Jill Scott, Bill Seaman, Jeffrey Shaw, Eku Wand, Grahame Weinbren
and AndreaZapp are featured. A representative selection of CD-ROM, Web,
Broadcast and Installation forms are examined in depth.
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