Ars Electronica: Facing the Future, A Survey of Two Decades, edited by Timothy Druckrey with Ars Electronica. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999. ISBN 0-262-04176-6. 449 pp. (paperback). $19.95

摘要

This dense and enjoyable book is a compilation of key contributions to the Ars Electronica festival, conference, and exhibition series that began in Linz, Austria, in 1979. The book provides a compact record of thinking in digital media and art spanning 20 years. The articles are short and digestible, and are based on talks and presentations given at the conferences. Some contributions may have appeared elsewhere in published form. The contributions are from writers of note in the digital realm, including Paul Virilio, Marvin Minsky, and Sadie Plant, as well as celebrated art practitioners. It is a reassuring tome, a near pocket-sized compendium or travel guide to 20 years of speculative cultural studies, a worthy reader for any digital artist or theorist. As such it presents as unindexed raw material, but in chronological order, and under the loose headings of history, theory, and practice.