[spectre] publication: New Screen Media

[Rebecca Marriage]

bfi Publishing are delighted to announce the publication of:

New Screen Media: Cinema/Art/Narrative
with DVD supplement included
Edited by Martin Rieser and Andrea Zapp

This book and DVD presents the work of leading cultural theorists and
philosophers of new media forms in hypertext, multimedia, computer
games, interactive broadcast and screen media. At the amazing price of
=A324.99 including a DVD-Rom this package provides a unique and
interactive opportunity to explore this subject area.

=46or full details including how to order your copy see
www.bfi.org.uk/newscreenmedia
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New Screen Media: Cinema/Art/Narrative
with DVD supplement included
Edited by Martin Rieser and Andrea Zapp

The advent of new media presents a serious challenge to our
understanding of visual representation, of narrative and indeed the
whole art of the moving image. New narrative forms in hypertext,
multimedia, computer games, interactive broadcast and screen media are
constantly redefining the relationship between the creators of content
and their audiences, who increasingly are becoming the co-producers of
meaning.
This publication juxtaposes the work of leading cultural theorists and
philosophers of new media, against creative artists' attempts to
accommodate to these vehicles of content. The book shows how classical
narrative in many areas has been giving way to a new, more fragmentary
culture of drama. It re-purposes the use of critical tools for
discussing the inner design and immersive effects of the new media forms
and its social, political and cultural contexts. Alongside a discussion
of how these new stories relate to issues of identity and the body,
restructured temporal and spatial models and interfaces, the book
explores differing creative platforms such as the Internet, Media
Installation, Interactive Broadcast, CD-ROM and Expanded Cinema.
The artists, themselves exploring innovative solutions, critically
examine their own practice, with a special focus on fiction-based forms
of interaction.
This unique volume is presented with an accompanying DVD-ROM, featuring
extracts from some of the groundbreaking works discussed by leading
media theorists from Europe and the USA, including: Annika Blunck, Alex
Butterworth, Sean Cubitt, S=F6ke Dinkla, Jon Dovey, Timothy Druckrey,
Malcolm Le Grice, Lev Manovich, Peter Weibel, Paul Willemen and John
Wyver.
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