Spasm: Virtual Reality, Android Music and Electric Flesh
Date
1993
Authors
Kroker, Arthur
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
New World Perspectives
Abstract
A theory-fiction about the crash world of virtual reality, from the cold sex of Madonna Mutant, the pure sex of Michael Jackson and the dead sex of Elvis to the technological fetishes of Silicon Valley. Written from the perspectives of cultural politics, music, photography, cinema and cyber-machine art, Spasm explores the ecstasy and fadeout of wired culture. Here, we suddenly find ourselves the inhabitants of a glittering, but vaguely menacing, technological galaxy where the machines finally begin to speak. Spasm is a book/CD to take along with you on your hacker journey of the electronic frontier.
Accompanying CD with music composed by Steve Gibson.
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Keywords
theory-fiction, virtual reality, Silicon Valley, celebrity culture, cultural politics, wired culture, hackers, electronic frontier
Citation
Kroker, A. (1993). Spasm: Virtual reality, android music and electric flesh. New World Perspectives.