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Record Nr.

UNINA9910585579103321

Autore

Century Michael

Titolo

Northern sparks : innovation, technology policy, and the arts in Canada from Expo '67 to the Internet age / / Michael Century

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : The MIT Press, 2022

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2022]

ISBN

0-262-36174-4

0-262-36173-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 pages)

Collana

Leonardo

Disciplina

302.23/10971

Soggetti

Technological innovations - Canada - History - 20th century

Digital media - Canada - History - 20th century

Technology and state - Canada - History - 20th century

Technology and the arts - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

An episode of light : Canada from 1967-92 -- Norman McLaren and proto-computationality -- Hunger/la faim : when the Canadian computer had a hand and the American, an eye -- Calculated motions : gesture and expression at the interface -- Tuning, tundra, and treasure : Canada's expanded musicality -- Two faces of cultural networking -- Contesting a "new medium" : virtual reality as cultural probe -- Après le déluge : periodizing Canada's episode of light.

Sommario/riassunto

"Northern Sparks explores modern Canadian innovation in media arts and technology since 1967, focusing on the intersection of art, science, technology, and policy"--