xviii, 228 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliographic Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Introduction. Surface, haecceities, the topology of ice deserts / (Yeseung Lee) -- Folds of fashion : unravelled and the planetary surface / (Jussi Parikka) -- Surface-making in nuclear decommissioning : a narrative of sludge, plutonium and their whereabouts / (Petra Tjitske Kalshoven) -- Surface eruption : machine creativity and emotive data objects / (Barbara Rauch) -- The depth of surface / (Lesley Halliwell) -- Where surface meets depth : virtuality in textile and material design / (Elaine Igoe) -- Growing surface between textiles and electrochemistry / (Joanne Horton) -- David Pye's Fluting Engine / (Benedict Carpenter van Barthold) -- Journal (2016-2018) : conversations on looms, cloth and weaving / (Max Mosscrop and Benedict Carpenter van Barthold) -- On drawing : transmission from the lifeworld to paper at Namdaemun Market, Seoul / (Ray Lucas) -- Archive surface / (Jane Birkin) -- Experience, poverty, transparency : the modern surface of interwar glass / (Freyja Hartzell) -- On genealogy of translucent screen and rehabilitation of ephemeral : post-cinema, installation, performance / (Oksana Chefranova)
Summary:
"Surface is one of the most intensely debated topics in recent arts, humanities and social science scholarship. The changing technologies which manufacture the actual and virtual surfaces of today are radically altering our perception of thresholds and borders. In this volume, international scholars of design and the arts explore a different meaning and function of the material and immaterial qualities of 'surface'. Case studies include various surfaces from computer screens, 'artisanal' engines and glass architecture to gauzy veils, the planetary surface of supply chain capitalism, and spatial embodiment in street markets"-- Provided by publisher