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The Imaginary App (Software Studies)
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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Artist
- Miller, Paul D. [Editor]; Matviyenko, Svitlana [Editor]; Bratton,
- Book Title
- The Imaginary App (Software Studies)
- ISBN
- 9780262027489
- Subject Area
- Design, Computers, Technology & Engineering, Social Science
- Publication Name
- Imaginary App
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Subject
- Mobile & Wireless Communications, Graphic Arts / Branding & Logo Design, Media Studies, Social Aspects / General, General
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Series
- Software Studies
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Item Weight
- 26.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
About this product
Product Information
The mobile app as technique and imaginary tool, offering a shortcut to instantaneous connection and entertainment. Mobile apps promise to deliver (h)appiness to our devices at the touch of a finger or two. Apps offer gratifyingly immediate access to connection and entertainment. The array of apps downloadable from the app store may come from the cloud, but they attach themselves firmly to our individual movement from location to location on earth. In The Imaginary App, writers, theorists, and artists--including Stephen Wolfram (in conversation with Paul Miller) and Lev Manovich--explore the cultural and technological shifts that have accompanied the emergence of the mobile app. These contributors and interviewees see apps variously as "a machine of transcendence," "a hulking wound in our nervous system," or "a promise of new possibilities." They ask whether the app is an object or a relation, and if it could be a "metamedium" that supersedes all other artistic media. They consider the control and power exercised by software architecture; the app's prosthetic ability to enhance certain human capacities, in reality or in imagination; the app economy, and the divergent possibilities it offers of making a living or making a fortune; and the app as medium and remediator of reality. Also included (and documented in color) are selected projects by artists asked to design truly imaginary apps, "icons of the impossible." These include a female sexual arousal graph using Doppler images; "The Ultimate App," which accepts a payment and then closes, without providing information or functionality; and "iLuck," which uses GPS technology and four-leaf-clover icons to mark places where luck might be found. Contributors Christian Ulrik Andersen, Thierry Bardini, Nandita Biswas Mellamphy, Benjamin H. Bratton, Drew S. Burk, Patricia Ticineto Clough, Robbie Cormier, Dock Currie, Dal Yong Jin, Nick Dyer-Witheford, Ryan and Hays Holladay, Atle Mikkola Kj sen, Eric Kluitenberg, Lev Manovich, Vincent Manzerolle, Svitlana Matviyenko, Dan Mellamphy, Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, Steven Millward, Anna Munster, S ren Bro Pold, Chris Richards, Scott Snibbe, Nick Srnicek, Stephen Wolfram
Product Identifiers
Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262027488
ISBN-13
9780262027489
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201688710
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Imaginary App
Publication Year
2014
Subject
Mobile & Wireless Communications, Graphic Arts / Branding & Logo Design, Media Studies, Social Aspects / General, General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Design, Computers, Technology & Engineering, Social Science
Series
Software Studies
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
26.6 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2013-044424
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
If you fancy flexing your mental muscle and peering round the corner into the not too distant digital future, I recommend you keep your eye on DJ Spooky and add The Imaginary App to your reading list.
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Age Range
18
Target Audience
Trade
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
303.4834
Lc Classification Number
Qa76.9.C66i35 2014
Copyright Date
2014
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