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Leonardo Reviews Quarterly 2.02 | 2012 L|R|Q Leonardo Reviews Quarterly 2.02 | 2012 Executive Editor: Roger Malina Editor-in-Chief: Michael Punt Associate Editor: Claudy Op den Kamp www.leonardo.info © ISAST L|R|Q Leonardo Reviews Quarterly 2.02 | 2012 Science, Spectacle and Imagination Executive Editor: Roger Malina Editor-in-Chief: Michael Punt Associate Editor: Claudy Op den Kamp www.leonardo.info © ISAST Leonardo Reviews Leonardo Reviews Reviews Panel Leonardo Reviews is the work of an international Allan Graubard, Amy Ione, Anastasia Filip- panel of scholars and professionals invited from poupoliti, Annick Bureaud, Anna B. Creagh, a wide range of disciplines to review books, exhi- Anthony Enns, Aparna Sharma, Boris Jardine, bitions, DVDs, CDs, websites, and conferences. Brian Reffin Smith, Brigitta Zics, Catalin Brylla, Collectively they represent an intellectual commit- Chris Cobb, Chris Speed, Claudia Westermann, ment to engaging with the emergent debates and Claudy Op den Kamp, Craig Harris, Craig Hilton, manifestations that are the consequences of the Dene Grigar, David Bering-Porter, Dene Grigar, convergence of the arts, science and technology. Eduardo Miranda, Elizabeth McCardell, Ellen Pearlman, Enzo Ferrara, Eugene Thacker, Flor- Leonardo Reviews publishes all reviews received ence Martellini, Flutor Troshani, Franc Cham- from the panel monthly at www.leonardo.info. In berlain, Fred Andersson, Frieder Nake, George addition, four times a year a selection of reviews Gessert, George K. Shortess, Giovanna Cos- is printed in Leonardo and now Leonardo Reviews tantini, Hannah Drayson, Hannah Rogers, Har- Quarterly will be publishing an even larger selec- riet Hawkins, Ian Verstegen, Jac Saorsa, Jack tion as a PDF together with introductory material Ox, Jacques Mandelbrojt, Jan Baetens, Jennifer and overview essays. Ferng, John F. Barber, John Vines, Jon Bedworth, Jonathan Zilberg, Jung A Huh, Jussi Parikka, Reviewers interested in being considered for the Katharina Blassnigg, Kathleen Quillian, Kieran panel and publishers and authors interested in Lyons, Lara Schrijver, Lisa M. Graham, Luis Girao, having their print or electronic publications con- Martha Blassnigg, Martha Patricia Nino, Martyn sidered for review by the panel should contact: Woodward, Maureen A. Nappi, Michael Mosher, Michael Punt, Mike Leggett, Nameera Ahmed, Ornella Corazza, Paul Hertz, Pia Tikka, Rene Michael Punt van Peer, Richard Kade, Rob Harle, Robert A Editor-In-Chief, Leonardo Reviews Mitchell, Roger Malina, Roy Behrens, Sean Cu- University of Plymouth bitt, Simone Osthoff, Sonya Rapoport, Stefaan Portland Square, B312 van Ryssen, Stephen Petersen, Trace Reddell, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK Valérie Lamontagne, Wilfred Arnold, Yvonne mpunt(at)easynet.co.uk Spielmann, Zainub Verjee iii Table of Contents Editorials Michael Punt - Science and the Industrialisation of the Imaginary �������������������������������������� viii Martyn Woodward - An Electrical Deep Time of the Modern Imagination ������������������������������������ xi Martha Blassnigg - The Zigzag of Science and Consciousness in Action ���������������������������������� xiii Roger F. Malina - Science in the First Person Singular; New Roles for the Arts in the Theatricalisation of Science? ��������������������������������������������� xviii Review Article On Sentience by Giovanna Costantini ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 1 Six Stories from the End of Representation by James Elkins Reviewed by Jan Baetens ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 7 On the Litany of Illnesses Associated with Vincent van Gogh by Wilfred Niels Arnold ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 8 Reviewer Profile Allan Graubard ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������13 Reviews Science and Conscience: the Life of James Franck by Jost Lemmerich Reviewed by Wilfred Niels Arnold ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������16 Cybertext Poetics: The Critical Landscape of New Media Literary Theory by Markku Eskelinen Reviewed by Jan Baetens ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������17 The Oxford Handbook of Sound Studies by Trevor Pinch and Karin Bijsterveld (eds.) Reviewed by John F� Barber �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������18 The Universe in Zero Words: The Story of Mathematics as Told through Equations by Dana MacKenzie Reviewed by Phil Dyke ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������19 Debates in the Digital Humanities by Matthew K. Gold, Editor Reviewed by Dene Grigar ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������20 Rethinking a Lot: The Design and Culture of Parking by Eran Ben-Joseph Reviewed by Jan Baetens ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 22 The Self-Made Map: Cartographic Writing in Early Modern France by Tom Conley The Face of the Earth: Natural Landscapes, Science and Culture by SueEllen Campbell Reviewed by Mike Leggett ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 22 iv Table of Contents Global Icons. Apertures to the Popular by Bishnupriya Ghosh Reviewed by Jan Baetens ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������24 High Society: Mind-Altering Drugs in History and Culture by Mike Jay Reviewed by Jan Baetens ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 26 Under Blue Cup by Rosalind E. Krauss Reviewed by Jan Baetens ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������27 Freedom in Entangled Worlds: West Papua and the Architecture of Global Power by Eben Kirksey Reviewed by C�F� Black �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������29 State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970 by Constance M. Lewallen and Karen Moss Reviewed by Mike Mosher �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������30 Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface by Robin Clark; forward by Hugh M. Davies Reviewed by Giovanna L� Costantini ������������������������������������������������������������������������������32 Deadline Every Second: On Assignment with 12 Associated Press Photojournalists by Ken Kobré, John Hewitt, Producers Reviewed by Amy Ione ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������34 Automata and Mimesis on the Stage of Theatre History by Kara Reilly Reviewed by John F� Barber ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������35 Diane Arbus’s 1960s: Auguries of Experience by Frederick Gross Reviewed by Jan Baetens ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������37 Hide and Seek: Camouflage, Photography, and the Media of Reconnaissance by Hanna Rose Shell Reviewed by Brian Reffin Smith ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������38 Beyond the Dream Syndicate: Tony Conrad and the Arts after Cage by Branden W. 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Reviewed by Nico de Klerk �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������51 Hiroshi Sugimoto: Memories of Origin by Yuko Nakamura, Director Reviewed by Giovanna L� Costantini ������������������������������������������������������������������������������55 Radio: Essays in Bad Reception by John Mowitt Reviewed by John F� Barber
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