Johannes's new book

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Permalink Reply by Johannes Birringer on January 5, 2009 at 2:52am

thanks, Yukihiko, for drawing attention to the publication. I was pleased that Marlon published the press release with a picture of the cover. The book was a long time in the making, from 2005 until 2007, and then went through final revisions in 2008 and the long process of cutting from longer chapters and further illustrations (of the large pool of images i had). I would be interested of course in feedback, especially as I have a been asked whether it might be possible to create / or / curate an installation and visual exhibition of some of materials from the book's research and praxis components. It is an intriguing idea of make an exposition of a "book" ~(inviting other speakers and artists to show their work and comment on findings and criteria of debate) ~ which is actually not a book but a lot more, a research and interpretation record and an ongoing process of refection on performance techniques and new performance environments, and thus a laboratory on laboratories and mise en scènes.

I will briefly list an overview of the structure/contents of the book, so that the members of the community can see what it contains (the first part is almost entirely on dance and technology & at and technology and also attempts a kind of historical overview of the era ~ the recent developments in our field):

Acknowledgments



Introduction viii

I. MOVING THROUGH TECHNOLOGIES
1. Trackback 1: Performance and Moving Images 3
2. Machines and Bodies 23
3. Trackback 2: Algorithms, Dance, and Technology 60
4. Performance and Engineering 75
5. Deafman Glance and Molecular Gaze 84

II. THE INTERACTIVE PARADIGM
6. River Beds and Gardens: The Tactile Interface Environment 101
7. Interactive Systems 119
8. Between Mapping and Artificial Intelligence 153

III. DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS, WEARABLE SPACES
9. Architecture and the Digital 167
10. Installations and the Participant-User 179
11. Design Futures: Wearables 214
12. Level Up: Games and Telepresence 233

IV. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
13. Thinking Images: A Conversation with Paul Kaiser and Marc Downie 261

V. BIOTECHNOLOGIES
14. Performance and Science 289
15. Conclusion: Bio-art and Interactors 322


Index 331



I look forward to hearing responses,
Johannes