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

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Century, Michael, author.
Series:
Leonardo
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Digital media--Canada--History--20th century.
Digital media.
Technological innovations--Canada--History--20th century.
Technological innovations.
Technology and the arts--History--20th century.
Technology and the arts.
Technology and state--Canada--History--20th century.
Technology and state.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (217 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]
Language Note:
English
Summary:
"Northern Sparks explores modern Canadian innovation in media arts and technology since 1967, focusing on the intersection of art, science, technology, and policy"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
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.
Notes:
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-262-36174-4
0-262-36173-6
OCLC:
1328135576

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