Imagery in the 21st century
By: edited by Oliver Grau with Thomas Veigl
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9780262015721
Subjects: New media art; Visual sociology
Other titles: Imagery in the twenty-first century
Description: "We are surrounded by images as never before: on Flickr, Facebook, and YouTube; on thousands of television channels; in digital games and virtual worlds; in media art and science. Without new efforts to visualize complex ideas, structures, and systems, today's informatio explosion would be unmanageable. The digital image represents endless options for manipulation; images seem capable of changing interactively or even autonomously. This volume offers systematic and interdisciplinary reflections on these new image worlds and new analytical approaches to the visual"--Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.