>Older books that are worth a read include stuff by: Sadie Plant, Sean >Cubitt and Manuel De Landa and www.ctheory.net.
'Timeshift: On Video Culture', by Sean Cubitt, published by Routledge in 1990 - pre-internet and tactical media but its obvious forerunner with some great writing based on the use of video for artistic and political ends. Can't find my copy right now but do recall some good stuff on Despite TV. 'Videography: Video Media as Art and Culture', by Sean Cubitt, published by Macmillan's Communication and Culture series, more of media studies origin and multidisciplinary theory type of writing: "The first half of this book tests existing theories of art and art history, film and television studies, and criticism of sound media and music, against new forms of video practice. In the second half, these critiques are developed in close readings of particular tapes, ranging from high-tech computer installations to amateur video on television and in the courtroom... Videography is writing about video. This book is an attempt to discover the conditions under which it is possible to speak, write and teach about the electonic media..." Malcolm ------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------
