Dara Birnbaum by Thomas J. Demos - ISBN: 9781846380679
Paperback
A critical examination of Dara Birnbaum’s action-packed and riveting video of Wonder Woman’s transformations.

Dara Birnbaum

Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman

  • Paperback

    118 pages

  • Release Date

    29 October 2010

Summary

A critical examination of Dara Birnbaum’s action-packed and riveting video of Wonder Woman’s transformations.Opening with a prolonged salvo of fiery explosions accompanied by the warning cry of a siren, Dara Birnbaum’s video Technology/Transformation- Wonder Woman (1978-79) is a concise, action-packed, and visually riveting video. During its seven-minute span we see, again and again, the transformation of the drab secretary Diana Prince into the super-heroic Wonder Woman. By isolating and rep…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781846380679
ISBN-10:1846380677
Author:Thomas J. Demos
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:118
Release Date:29 October 2010
Weight:318g
Dimensions:216mm x 152mm x 13mm
Series:Dara Birnbaum
About The Author

Thomas J. Demos

T. J. Demos, an award-winning writer, is Professor of Visual Culture at the University of California, Santa Cruz and Director of its Center for Creative Ecologies. He writes widely about contemporary art, global politics, and ecology, and is the author, most recently, of Against the Anthropocene- Visual Culture and Environment Today (Sternberg Press).

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