Congratulations Michael! I am looking forward to reading this. Wishing you all the best!
enjoy today... Dinorah de Jesús Rodríguez Filmmaker, Artist, Writer solislandmediaworks.com <http://solislandmediaworks.com/> artcinematic.blogspot.com <http://artcinematic.blogspot.com/> youtube.com/user/solisland <http://www.youtube.com/user/solisland> > On 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 > <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 <http://michaelbetancourt.com/> > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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