Book Art: a Critical Remix of The Electric Information Age Book

Authors

  • Steven McCarthy

Abstract

Operating under the theoretical frameworks of 'remediation,' 'recontextualization,' and 'critical design,' this project, titled Book Art The Information Electric Age, proposes an alternative method to standard book reviews and to notions of publishing. It is a critical book review with a supporting essay that includes an in-depth description of the author's hybrid digital-analog process. Book Art is a critical remix of The Electric Information Age Book: McLuhan/Agel/Fiore and the Experimental Paperback by Jeffrey T. Schnapp and Adam Michaels, with cameo appearances by The Medium is the Massage. Book Art uses collage to reconfigure and re-imagine these books as a commentary on mediation, information, expression, communication, and authorship. Book Art is freely available as a PDF download at http://faculty.design.umn.edu/mccarthy/BookArt-aCriticalRemix-McCarthy.pdf Printed copies of Book Art may be purchased online at http://www.lulu.com/shop/steven-mccarthy/book-art-a-critical-remix/paperback/product-22375643.html

Author Biography

  • Steven McCarthy
    Steven McCarthy (MFA Stanford University) is a professor of graphic design at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus. His long-standing interest in design authorship, as scholar and practitioner, has led to publications, presentations, exhibits and grant-supported research in a dozen countries. His book on the topic, The Designer As... Author, Producer, Activist, Entrepreneur, Curator and Collaborator: New Models for Communicating was published in 2013 by BIS Publishers, Amsterdam. McCarthy is currently serving a three year term on the board of the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. http://faculty.design.umn.edu/mccarthy/index.html

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Published

2015-11-01

Issue

Vol. 49 No. 3 (2015): critical making: DESIGN and the DIGITAL HUMANITIES

Section

Journal Article