this looks amazing. thanks for sending this out! cecilia d On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 9:28 AM, Michael Betancourt < hinterland.mov...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My new book might be of interest to some of you. Apologies for the > self-promotion.... > > *Harmonia: Glitch, Movies and Visual Music*, by Michael Betancourt > > It's on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1479436089/ > cinegraphicne-20 > > *Harmonia,* “harmonies,” analyzes the connections between glitch art, > visual music, abstraction, and motion pictures. This collection is a > chronological survey of glitch art pioneer Michael Betancourt’s artistic > research into, around, and with digital motion pictures that theorizes > and critiques visual music. This anthology is directly connected to his > critical engagement with the socio-cultural meaning of “visionary art” that > builds on the work of Umberto Eco and Michel Foucault to engage with the > historical films of John Whitney, Mary Ellen Bute, Mark Hallock-Greenewalt, > and Stan Brakhage (among others) connecting them with contemporary glitch > movies. Included in this collection is his taxonomy of abstract forms based > on synaesthesia, a discussion of the historical foundations and connections > between color music/color organs, synaesthesia and the visual music > instruments and films of the twentieth century, and an analysis of the > fundamental connections between visual music and realism that reveals an > ideological reification created by the synchronization of sound and image. > This analysis goes beyond a historical recounting of artists and their > works to propose an understanding of synaesthetic media in aesthetic as > well as critical, ideological terms. Included are the essays “The Aura of > the Digital,” “The Invention of Glitch Video,” “Semiotics of the Moon as > Fantasy and Destination,” and “Welcome to Cyberia” along with many other > talks, publications, and analyses of glitch art and visual music. > > > Michael Betancourt > Savannah, GA USA > > > michaelbetancourt.com > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > -- *Say one thing and meme another* Cecilia Dougherty http://www.ceciliadougherty.com http://inbetweentheories.com
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