Depends what you're looking for, I suppose. Is it 'digital art'
theory you're after, or history?
As befits an artform using mass media, it seems to me much of the
thinking around 'digital art' and related practices is informed by
thinkers addressing a broader social or philosophical context: eg.
McLuhan, Baudrillard, Virilio, Deleuze and Guattari, etc. Manovich and
Lovink are different in that they specifically address digital culture
and/or art.
A few authors/books I've found useful recently: Howard
Rheingold's "Smart Mobs"; and "Information Arts",
ed. Stephen Wilson, the latter purports to be a definitive historical
and theoretical survey of this field going back a number of decades.
It's pretty good, if a little weighted towards North America - both in
terms of artists/thinkers and audience.
More details at:
http://online.sfsu.edu/~swilson/book/infoartsbook.html
Chris
I recently received the message below and it got me thinking: what IS there
in terms of books that reflect what's going on and carries a good charge of
ideas?
I kinow there's Manovitch and Geerd Lovinck but i think Monovich is a a new
greenberg
and to be honest I found 'dark Fibre" extremely dull.
so what else is there out there which could be recommended in order to
generate enthusiasm in a general but interested readership?
>From: Erin Patterson
>Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 4:03 PM
>I've got a bit (very little bit!) of money to spend on art books....I'd
like to use it for books on environmental art and digital art. Thought you
might have some suggestions for the latter, you digital artist you.
>
>
>
>If you think of anything before Nov. 30, let me know!
>do you have any titles worth reccommending gair? I don't fancy reading a
lot and thought maybe you would be in the know on what's out there in terms
of texts. See below.
gair dunlop
www.gairspace.org.uk
Cumbernauld: Town for Tomorrow www.cumbernauld.nu
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