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Pulses of Abstraction: Episodes from a History of Animation - Couverture souple

Johnston, Andrew R.

 
9780816685295: Pulses of Abstraction: Episodes from a History of Animation
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0816685290 ISBN 13 : 9780816685295
Editeur : University of Minnesota Press, 2021

Synopsis

Reshapes the history of abstract animation and its importance to computer imagery and cinema

Animation and technology are always changing with one another. From hand-drawn flipbooks to stop-motion and computer-generated imagery (CGI), animation's identity is in flux. But many of these moving image technologies, like CGI, emerged from the world of animation. Indeed, animation has made essential contributions to not only computer imagery but also cinema, helping shape them into the fields and media forms we know today.

In Pulses of Abstraction, Andrew R. Johnston presents both a revealing history of abstract animation and an investigation into the relationship between animation and cinema. Examining a rich array of techniques--including etching directly onto the filmstrip, immersive colored-light spectacles, rapid montage sequences, and digital programming--Pulses of Abstraction uncovers important epistemological shifts around film and related media. Just as animation's images pulse in projection, so too does its history of indexing technological and epistemic changes through experiments with form, material, and aesthetics. Focusing on a period of rapid media change from the 1950s to the 1970s, this book combines close readings of experimental animations with in-depth technological studies, revealing how animation helped image culture come to terms with the rise of information technologies.

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À propos de l'auteur

Andrew R. Johnston is associate professor in the Department of English, the Film Studies Program, and the Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media Program at North Carolina State University.

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Éditeur
University of Minnesota Press
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0816685290
ISBN 13 
9780816685295
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
280
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Personne responsable
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