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Electric signs : signs, screens and public space / director, producer, editor, Alice Arnold.
Annenberg Circulation Desk DVD TK4399.S6 E4 2013
Available
LIBRA DVD 025 784
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940--Influence.
- Benjamin, Walter.
- Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940.
- Electric signs--Social aspects.
- Electric signs.
- Mass media--Aesthetics.
- Mass media.
- Public spaces--Social aspects.
- Public spaces.
- Visual communication.
- Social aspects.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- City symphonies (Motion pictures)
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Brooklyn, NY : Icarus Films, [2013]
- Language Note:
- Closed captioned for the hearing-impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC.
- digital optical stereo
- NTSC
- video file DVD video all regions
- Summary:
- "New screen-based sign systems are putting TV-style advertising into the public domain in cities around the globe. These electronic signs are re-shaping urban environments and re-defining areas of public space by intensifying the commercialization of the public sphere. The film's narrator, a city observer modeled on the critic Walter Benjamin, takes us on a journey through a variety of urban landscapes, examining public spaces and making connections between light, perception, and the culture of attractions in today's consumer society. The film is structured as a documentary essay in the spirit of city symphony films, and features Hong Kong, Los Angeles and New York, and other cities around the world. Also featured are interviews with prominent lighting designers; advertising and marketing professionals; urban sociologists and visual culture experts; and community activists."--Container.
- Credits:
- Camera: Alice Arnold, Gary Griffin ; composer, Genji Siraisi.
- Notes:
- Originally produced in the United States as a motion picture in 2012.
- Full screen 1.33:1.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 857770228
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