Summary
A stunning collection from Douglas Coupland that explores the different ways 20th-century notions of the future are being shredded.
In Bit Rot, Douglas Coupland explores the different ways in which twentieth-century notions of the future are being shredded, and creates a gem of the digital age. Reading the stories and essays in Bit Rot is like bingeing on Netflix … you can’t stop with just one.
‘Bit rot’ is a term used in digital archiving to describe the way…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099510895 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099510898 |
| Author: | Douglas Coupland |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Windmill Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 16 October 2017 |
| Weight: | 342g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 129mm x 197mm |
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Critics Review
Coupland adopts…an Andy Warholish mode, somewhere between mocking, lamenting, celebrating even the most troubling aspects of postmodernity.
Coupland adopts…an Andy Warholish mode, somewhere between mocking, lamenting, celebrating even the most troubling aspects of postmodernity. * Times Literary Supplement *
[Coupland’s] new collection has its basis in that rarefied literary form, the art catalogue … [he] is at his best when he muses on new opportunities and challenges presented by technology. * The National *
[T]he Vancouver-based tech-seer, critic, author and artist again proves himself to be one of the most entertaining and thoughtful futurologists on the planet. * The Herald *
Bit Rot is wry and wise, terrifying and hilarious, and it makes us LOL while still using “LOL” correctly. * i Paper *
Every page is full of wit, surprise and delight * Dluxe Magazine *
Douglas Coupland
Douglas Coupland (pronounced KOHP-lend) is a Canadian writer, designer, and visual artist. His first novel, the 1991 international bestseller Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, was followed by twelve more novels, published in most languages.
Coupland has written and performed for the Royal Shakespeare Company and is a columnist for the Financial Times. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, e-flux, Dis, and Vice.
After a decade of generating web graphics, Coupland amplified his visual art production in 2000. He has since had two museum retrospectives: ‘Everywhere Is Anywhere Is Anything Is Everything’ (Royal Vancouver Art Gallery, Royal Ontario Museum, and Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art) and ‘Bit Rot’ (Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art in Rotterdam and Villa Stuck in Munich).
In 2015 and 2016, Coupland was an artist-in-residence at the Paris Google Cultural Institute.
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