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The Age of Earthquakes: A Guide to the Extreme Present
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
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Description for The Age of Earthquakes: A Guide to the Extreme Present
Paperback. Provides the images, language and perceptions of our unfurling digital lives. The authors invent a glossary of new words to describe how we are truly feeling today; and 'mindsource' images and illustrations from over 30 contemporary artists. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 183 x 112 x 24. Weight in Grams: 194.
Planet Earth needs a self-help book, and this is it The future is happening to us far faster than we thought it would and this book explains why Fifty years after Marshall McLuhan's ground breaking book on the influence of technology on culture The Medium is the Massage, Shumon Basar, Douglas Coupland and Hans Ulrich Obrist extend the analysis to today, touring the world that's redefined by the Internet, decoding and explaining what they call the 'extreme present'. The Age of Earthquakes is a quick-fire paperback, harnessing the images, language and ... Read more
Planet Earth needs a self-help book, and this is it The future is happening to us far faster than we thought it would and this book explains why Fifty years after Marshall McLuhan's ground breaking book on the influence of technology on culture The Medium is the Massage, Shumon Basar, Douglas Coupland and Hans Ulrich Obrist extend the analysis to today, touring the world that's redefined by the Internet, decoding and explaining what they call the 'extreme present'. The Age of Earthquakes is a quick-fire paperback, harnessing the images, language and ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141979564
SKU
9780141979564
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Hans-Ulrich Obrist
Hans Ulrich Obrist is a curator and writer. Since 2006 he has been co-director of the Serpentine Gallery, London. He is the author of Ways of Curating and, with Ai Weiwei, of Ai Weiwei Speaks.
Reviews for The Age of Earthquakes: A Guide to the Extreme Present
The Age of Earthquakes seeks to induce paradoxical visions of the contemporary, both ambivalent and critical
V Magazine
I think everyone should read it
Mike Pinnington
Double Negative
Addictive... A fun read. But one that makes you question how you read, why you read and just how much the internet has restructured our brains... It ... Read more
V Magazine
I think everyone should read it
Mike Pinnington
Double Negative
Addictive... A fun read. But one that makes you question how you read, why you read and just how much the internet has restructured our brains... It ... Read more