Artificial Darkness: An Obscure History of Modern Art and Media by Noam M. Elcott
2016 | ISBN: 022632897X | English | 312 pages | PDF | 12 MB
Darkness has a history and a uniquely modern form. Distinct from night, shadows, and artificial light, “artificial darkness” has been overlooked-until now. In fact, controlled darkness was essential to the rise of photography and cinema, science and spectacle, and a century of advanced art and film. Artificial Darkness is the first book to historicize and theorize this phenomenon and map its applications across a range of media and art forms.
