Tony Oursler
The Influence Machine
2001Description
In Madison Square Park in New York, and subsequently in Soho Square, London, video artist, Tony Oursler created a spectral audio-visual experience. Conceived as a kind of psycho-landscape, "The Influence Machine" delves deep into the history of media, rousing long-forgotten spirits and setting them to roam about both squares at night.
This book brings together Tony Oursler's most elaborate deep media projects in an illustrated time line, the "Timestream", and accompanying texts elaborate on the phantasmagorias of the late 18th century, its contemporary equivalents, and the influence of spiritualism within the general development of media. Essays by Carlo McCormick and Marina Warner. Introduction by James Lingwood and Tom Eccles. Interview by Louise Neri.
Language: English
Hardcover: 104 Pages
Dimensions: 27.4 x 21.4 x 1.4 cm
Publisher: Artangel
ISBN: 978-1902201115
