{"product_id":"living-surfaces-images-plants-and-environments-of-media-paperback","title":"Living Surfaces: Images, Plants, and Environments of Media - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAbelardo Gil-Fournier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJussi Parikka\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn investigation of aesthetics and visualizations of planetary surfaces from an experimental media theory perspective.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat if every vista, every island--indeed, every geographical feature on Earth--could be viewed as an art object? In \u003ci\u003eLiving Surfaces\u003c\/i\u003e, Abelardo Gil-Fournier and Jussi Parikka explore how the surface of the Earth has, over the last two centuries, become known and perceived as an environment of images. \u003ci\u003eLiving Surfaces\u003c\/i\u003e features a range of case studies from eighteenth-century experiments with and observations of vegetal matter, photosynthesis, and plant physiology to twenty-first-century machine vision and AI techniques of calculating agricultural and other landscape surfaces. Mapping these different scales of vegetal images, Gil-Fournier and Parikka help us understand core questions that pertain to the artistic and architectural reference points for the Anthropocene. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith 42 black-and-white and full-color illustrations, \u003ci\u003eLiving Surfaces\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging and unique take on environmental surfaces as they come to occupy a central place in our understanding of planetary change.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbelardo Gil-Fournier is an artist and researcher. Initially trained in physics, he holds a PhD in Arts from the Winchester School of Art. His work has been shown and discussed in international venues and exhibitions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJussi Parikka is Professor of Digital Aesthetics and Culture at Aarhus University and Visiting Professor at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague as well as the Winchester School of Art. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eInsect Media\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Geology of Media\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhat is Media Archaeology?, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOperational Images\u003c\/i\u003e and a coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Lab Book\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 25, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44982079389798,"sku":"9780262547956","price":119.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/o5LFuHKHlF9780262547956.webp?v=1773118054","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/living-surfaces-images-plants-and-environments-of-media-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}