Northern Sparks: Innovation, Technology Policy, and the Arts in Canada from Expo 67 to the Intern Et Age Century Michael
Northern Sparks: Innovation, Technology Policy, and the Arts in Canada from Expo 67 to the Intern Et Age Century Michael An "episode of light" in Canada sparked by Expo 67 when new art forms,…
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Northern Sparks: Innovation, Technology Policy, and the Arts in Canada from Expo 67 to the Intern Et Age Century Michael
An "episode of light" in Canada sparked by Expo 67 when new art forms, innovative technologies, and novel institutional and policy frameworks emerged together.Understanding how experimental art catalyzes technological innovation is often prized yet typically reduced to the magic formula of "creativity." In Northern Sparks, Michael Century emphasizes the role of policy and institutions by showing how novel art forms and media technologies in Canada emerged during a period of political and social reinvention, starting in the 1960s with the energies unleashed by Expo 67. Debunking conventional wisdom, Century reclaims innovation from both its present-day devotees and detractors by revealing how experimental artists critically challenge as well as discover and extend the capacities of new technologies.Century offers a series of detailed cross-media case studies that