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Cinema’s Alchemist: The Films of Péter Forgács Cinema’s Alchemist The Films of Péter Forgács Bill Nichols and Michael Renov, Editors 2011 Fall
Multiple views of the famed Hungarian filmmaker and installation artist who turns home movies into history
Gameplay Mode: War, Simulation, and Technoculture Gameplay Mode War, Simulation, and Technoculture Patrick Crogan 2011 Fall
Understanding the military logics that created and continue to inform computer games
Mechademia 6: User Enhanced Mechademia 6 User Enhanced Frenchy Lunning, Editor 2011 Fall
As passive consumers of manga and anime become active users of cultural commodities, this volume explores the possibilities of, and challenges for, engagement
Taking Place: Location and the Moving Image Taking Place Location and the Moving Image John David Rhodes and Elena Gorfinkel, Editors 2011 Fall
Explores how moving images both produce and are predicated on place
Rifftide: The Life and Opinions of Papa Jo Jones Rifftide The Life and Opinions of Papa Jo Jones Papa Jo Jones 2011 Fall
The life and times of Papa Jo Jones, gifted raconteur and one of the greatest drummers in the history of jazz
How to Do Things With Videogames How to Do Things With Videogames Ian Bogost 2011 Fall
A fresh look at computer games as a mature mass medium with unlimited potential for cultural transformation
Nicholas Ray: An American Journey Nicholas Ray An American Journey Bernard Eisenschitz 2011 Fall
The definitive biography of American filmmaker Nicholas Ray
Digital Art and Meaning: Reading Kinetic Poetry, Text Machines, Mapping Art, and Interactive Installations Digital Art and Meaning Reading Kinetic Poetry, Text Machines, Mapping Art, and Interactive Installations Roberto Simanowski 2011 Spring
How to interpret and critique digital arts, in theory and in practice
The Right to Play Oneself: Looking Back on Documentary Film The Right to Play Oneself Looking Back on Documentary Film Thomas Waugh 2011 Spring
Discussions of “committed” documentary by a “committed” historian of film
Out of the Vinyl Deeps: Ellen Willis on Rock Music Out of the Vinyl Deeps Ellen Willis on Rock Music Ellen Willis Nona Willis Aronowitz, Editor 2011 Spring
Rediscover the astute and passionate music writings of the pioneering rock critic for the New Yorker
Vilém Flusser: An Introduction Vilém Flusser An Introduction Anke Finger, Rainer Guldin and Gustavo Bernardo 2011 Spring
The first introduction to a key thinker in twentieth-century media philosophy and cultural theory
Human Error: Species-Being and Media Machines Human Error Species-Being and Media Machines Dominic Pettman 2011 Spring
Argues that humanity can be seen as a case of mistaken identity
Recording Reality, Desiring the Real Recording Reality, Desiring the Real Elizabeth Cowie 2011 Spring
Addressing the paradox of documentary
Into the Universe of Technical Images Into the Universe of Technical Images Vilém Flusser 2011 Spring
An examination of the promise and peril of digital communication technologies
Out of Time: Desire in Atemporal Cinema Out of Time Desire in Atemporal Cinema Todd McGowan 2011 Spring
A new temporal aesthetic in films such as Memento, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2046, and The Hangover