I also liked 'Digital Mantras' by Steven Holtzman from about 10 years ago. Simon
> From: ambit admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: ambit admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:34:46 +0000 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Fwd: Re: <ambit> digital art books > >> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:55:18 +0000 (GMT) >> From: Simon Yuill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: <ambit> digital art books >> >> Hi Gair, >> >> A few suggestions: >> >> Charlie Gere, Digital Culture, Reaktion Book, 2002 >> - it's historical but links the development of digital art into popular >> culture >> >> Matthew Fuller, Behind the Blip: Essays on the Culture of Software, Pluto, >> 2003 >> - written by member of I/O/D >> >> Olga Goriunova + Alexei Shulgin (editors), READ_ME 2.3 READER: about >> software art, NIFCA publication >> - catalogue from the festival, contains some excellent short essays >> >> Florian Cramer's website: >> http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~cantsin/homepage/ >> - lots of good essays on software art >> >> Martin Reiser + Andrea Zapp (editors), New Screen media: >> Cinema/Art/Narrative, BFI publications, 2002 >> - for those interested in interactive video and narrative based works >> >> Franck Stoffer (editor), Japanese Independent Music, Sonore, 2001 >> - not entirely digital but covers one of the most exciting music/sound art >> scenes of the moment >> >> Older books that are worth a read include stuff by: Sadie Plant, Sean >> Cubitt and Manuel De Landa and www.ctheory.net. >> >> >> best wishes, >> Si. >> >> >> On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, gair dunlop wrote: >> >>> 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 >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------- >>> a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland >>> post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> archive: http://www.mediascot.org/ambit >>> info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> and write "info ambit" in the message body >>> ------------------------------------------------- >>> > > > ------------------------------------------------- > a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > archive: http://www.mediascot.org/ambit > info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > and write "info ambit" in the message body > ------------------------------------------------- > > > ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] archive: http://www.mediascot.org/ambit info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
