Synopses & Reviews
In recent years, the relations between vision, memory and media have become of burgeoning interest in art, cultural studies, and the sciences. Vision, Memory and Media is a cross-disciplinary exploration that takes into account recent scientific research concerning memory studies, and couples this with broad and accessible cultural discussion about vision and media in a web 2.0 era. The texts are accompanied with interviews and illuminating images of art works by contemporary artists whose practice explores the interplay of vision, memory and media. Published to coincide with the exhibition, Persistence of Vision (FACT/Nicolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center), this reader includes texts and contributions by Marco Bertamini and Rebecca Lawson, Visual Perception Lab, University of Liverpool, memory and media ecology expert, Professor Andrew Hoskins, optical media specialist and philosopher, Dr. Ali Hossaini, American cultural critic, Norman Klein, as well as writing by curators Andreas Brøgger of N
Synopsis
The relationship among vision, memory, and media is of burgeoning interest to the arts, cultural studies, and sciences. This comprehensive introduction to the subject couples recent scientific research on memory with a broad cultural discussion about vision and media in the technological age. It features contributions by—and interviews with—artists and leading experts, among them Ali Hossaini, Lindsay Seers, media ecology expert Andrew Hoskins, and American cultural critic Norman Klein, illustrated by the works of contemporary artists whose practice exemplifies this dynamic. Clear, comprehensive, and up-to-date, Vision, Memory and Media presents the latest scientific and theoretical debates relating to memory studies, vision, and media.
About the Author
Andreas Brøgger is curator at the Nikolaj Copenhagen Centemporary Art Centre. Omar Kholeif is a writer and film curator.
Table of Contents
Preface
Mike Stubbs and Elisabeth Delin Hansen
What is there to study about vision and memory?
Marco Bertamini
Memory outside our minds
Rebecca Lawson
Persistence of vision: the interplay of vision, memory and media in contemporary art and science
Andreas Brøgger and Karen Newman
Mediation and civilization: the prehistory of optical representation
Ali Hossaini
Archiving the self: identity and media contortion
Omar Kholeif
Artist works
New memory
Professor Andrew Hoskins
Cross-embedded media: a brief historical introduction
Norman M. Klein
Mini encyclopedia of memory terms
Contributor biographies