Seduced and Abandoned: The Colonisation of Cyberspace

Synopsis

Bruce Sterling, author of ‘The Hacker Crackdown’, looks at institutional attempts to control the Internet. Joan Truckenbrod, lecturer in telecommunications arts at the Art Institute of Chicago, discusses the variety of forms within electronic art and examines the struggle to generate a new aesthetic that can describe this bewildering variety.

Series

Towards the Aesthetics of the Future, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min.

Year of production

1994

Availability

Sale; 1995 sale: £40.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Subjects

Art; Information technology

Keywords

aesthetics; electronic art; Internet

Credits

Contributor

Bruce Sterling; Joan Truckenbrod

Production Company

Name

ICA Video

Notes

The ICA Writers in Conversation series are available for sale or free access online from the Roland Collection http://www.roland-collection.com

Distributor

Name

ICA Video

Email

http://www.ica.org.uk/contact

Web

http://www.ica.org.uk/49/Shop/ External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7766 1452

Fax

020 7873 0051

Address

The Mall
London
SW1Y 5AH

Notes

The ICA bookshop operates a mail order service selling a range of DVDs on and by film theorists, compilations of shorts, experimental and animated works, documentaries, as well as DVDs on video and performance art and installations. Also an eclectic collection of audio CDs.