The Cosmic Zoom
Scale, Knowledge, and Mediation
Seiten
2021
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-74244-1 (ISBN)
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-74244-1 (ISBN)
In The Powers of Ten by Charles and Ray Eames, a view of two people enjoying a picnic zooms up and away to show their surroundings, moving progressively farther into space, then zooms back in for a close-up of the hand of the picnicker, travelling deep into the microscopic realm. This is one of the most iconic examples of the “cosmic zoom,” a trope that has influenced countless media forms over the past seventy years.
Horton uses the cosmic zoom as a starting point to develop a cross-disciplinary theory of scale as mediated difference. He considers the origins of our notions of scale, how scalar mediation functions differently in analog and digital modes, and how cosmic zoom media has influenced scientific and popular views of the world. Analyzing literature, film, digital media, and database history, Horton establishes a much-needed framework for thinking about scale across multiple domains and disciplines.
Horton uses the cosmic zoom as a starting point to develop a cross-disciplinary theory of scale as mediated difference. He considers the origins of our notions of scale, how scalar mediation functions differently in analog and digital modes, and how cosmic zoom media has influenced scientific and popular views of the world. Analyzing literature, film, digital media, and database history, Horton establishes a much-needed framework for thinking about scale across multiple domains and disciplines.
Zachary Horton is assistant professor of English and media studies at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a game designer, filmmaker, camera designer, and the founding director of the Vibrant Media Lab.
1 Scale Theory
2 Surfaces of Mediation: Cosmic View as Drama of Resolution
3 An Analog Universe: Mediating Scalar Temporality in the Eameses’ Toy Films
4 Shaping Scale: Powers of Ten and the Politics of Trans-Scalar Constellation
5 Scale and Difference: Toward a New Ecology
6 A Digital Universe? Database, Scale, and Recursive Identity
Coda Dwelling in the Scalar Spectrum
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 13.07.2021 |
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Zusatzinfo | 40 halftones |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 399 g |
Themenwelt | Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher |
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ISBN-10 | 0-226-74244-X / 022674244X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-226-74244-1 / 9780226742441 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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