Literariness of Media Art
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Claudia Benthien is Professor for German Literature and Cultural Theory at the University of Hamburg, Germany.
Jordis Lau is a PhD candidate at the University of Hamburg, Germany.
Maraike M. Marxsen is a PhD candidate at the University of Hamburg, Germany.
<p>"The Literariness of Media Art provides a powerful theoretical framework for the discussion of the unruly powers of media art. Inspired by the Russian concept of <i>ostranenie </i>('making strange') coined in the heyday of early cinema and the avant-gardes, the authors prove to be sensitive to the techniques used in the arts to deautomatize and deepen perception. They reveal unexpected political dimensions within a seemingly aesthetically oriented topic, as made obvious in their analyses of the quirky language used in the artworks under discussion."<br /><b>Annie van den Oever</b>, <em>University of Groningen, </em>the Netherlands</p><p>"This book traces constellations of art practice across a wide and often surprising arrangement of media formats and formal methods. The result is a creative-critical patchwork that invites readers to think differently, not only about the individual works discussed in its chapters, but also, more reflexively and significantly, about how to think about art and literariness."<br /><b>Jessica Pressman</b>, <i>University of San Diego, USA</i></p><p>"In a time where ideas of multimedia art, media specificity, and intermediality again flourish, it is refreshing to be reminded of the heritage in art and literary history, and how media art from the 1960s and onwards can be seen as a precursor to much of the contemporary art and literature across analogue and digital media. <i>The Literariness of Media Art </i>is essential reading for anyone interested in media arts, intermedia, and the future of art and literature."<br /><b>Hans Kristian Rustad</b>, <i>University of Oslo, Norway</i></p><p>"In studying and re-defining the notion of 'literariness', <i>The Literariness of Media Art </i>gives us vivid insights into how media art investigates and appropriates literature and literary perceptions. The book brilliantly develops these perspectives into new and hitherto unforeseen paths, and shows us that literature still matters in a time of new media. The literary experience, therefore, is far from just something that happens in books, but is also a phenomenon we can trace and think of in and between (new) media.”<br /><b>Stefan Kjerkegaard</b>, <i>Aarhus University, Denmark</i></p>
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Claudia Benthien is Professor for German Literature and Cultural Theory at the University of Hamburg, Germany.
Jordis Lau is a PhD candidate at the University of Hamburg, Germany.
Maraike M. Marxsen is a PhD candidate at the University of Hamburg, Germany.