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Interactive Cinema: The Ambiguous Ethics of Media Participation Marina Hassapopoulou 9781517915223
RRP: $50.86SciFier: $41.26Connecting interactive cinema to media ethics and global citizenship Interactive Cinema explores various cinematic practices that work to transform what is often seen as a primarily receptive... -
Reinventing Childhood Nostalgia: Books, Toys, and Contemporary Media Culture Elisabeth Wesseling 9780367880989
RRP: $101.74SciFier: $92.71While Romantic-era concepts of childhood nostalgia have been understood as the desire to retrieve the ephemeral mindset of the child, this collection proposes that the emergence of digital media has... -
Interactive Cinema: The Ambiguous Ethics of Media Participation Marina Hassapopoulou 9781517915216
RRP: $209.88SciFier: $166.67Connecting interactive cinema to media ethics and global citizenship Interactive Cinema explores various cinematic practices that work to transform what is often seen as a primarily receptive... -
Respawn: Gamers, Hackers, and Technogenic Life Colin Milburn 9781478002925
SciFier: $47.83In Respawn Colin Milburn examines the connections between video games, hacking, and science fiction that galvanize technological activism and technological communities. Discussing a wide range of... -
Divine Threads by April Liu
RRP: $76.30SciFier: $55.82For more than 100 years, Vancouver has been home to a vibrant and thriving Cantonese opera scene. As a performance art carried out by transient troupes, it is an ephemeral medium that rarely leaves a... -
Wild Weave Alice Fox 9781849949453
RRP: $53.00SciFier: $38.08A guide to incorporating natural materials and fostering experimentation in woven projects. In Wild Weave, textile artist Alice Fox encourages an open-minded and playful approach to creating... -
Japanese Fashion: A Cultural History Toby Slade 9781847882530
SciFier: $239.54Japanese Fashion examines the entire sweep of Japanese clothing history, from the sophisticated fashion systems of late-Edo period kimonos to the present day, providing possible theories of how Japan... -
Documentary Testimonies: Global Archives of Suffering Bhaskar Sarkar (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) 9780415996648
SciFier: $83.51Documentary Testimonies examines documentary films that compel us to bear witness, move us to anger or tears, and possibly mobilize us to action.Comprising ten new essays and a substantive... -
The Power and Fluidity of Girlhood in Henry Darger's Art Leisa Rundquist 9780367748135
SciFier: $41.30This book is the first to examine Henry Darger's conceptual and visual representation of "girls" and girlhood.Specifically, Leisa Rundquist charts the artist's use of little girl imagery-his direct... -
Manuel DeLanda - ISM ISM by Manuel DeLanda
RRP: $57.24SciFier: $39.62Economically downtrodden New York City in the mid-to-late 1970s was like the end of the world, but only if you chose to see it that way. For young artists running amok in the collapsing capital, the... -
At the Picture Show: Small Town Audiences and the Creation of Movie Fan Culture Kathryn H. Fuller 9780813920825
SciFier: $66.99The motion picture industry in its earliest days seemed as ephemeral as the flickering images it produced. Considered an amusement fad even by their exhibitors, movies nevertheless spread quickly... -
The Power and Fluidity of Girlhood in Henry Darger's Art Leisa Rundquist 9781138314559
SciFier: $129.45This book is the first to examine Henry Darger's conceptual and visual representation of "girls" and girlhood.Specifically, Leisa Rundquist charts the artist's use of little girl imagery-his direct... -
Video Games and Comedy Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone 9783030883379
SciFier: $239.54Video Games and Comedy is the first edited volume to explore the intersections between comedy and video games. This pioneering book collects chapters from a diverse group of scholars, covering a wide... -
Embodying Pasolini by Olivier Saillard
RRP: $127.20SciFier: $98.96Embodying Pasolini documents the extraordinary performance curated by Olivier Saillard and poetically brought to life by Tilda Swinton. Serving as part fashion object and part catalogue, this... -
Video Games and Comedy Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone 9783030883409
SciFier: $239.54Video Games and Comedy is the first edited volume to explore the intersections between comedy and video games. This pioneering book collects chapters from a diverse group of scholars, covering a wide... -
Seth by Julien Malland
RRP: $63.60SciFier: $47.45The colorful, visual universe of a globe-trotting street artist who paints with purposeFor street artist Seth, walls around the world have been canvases for resilience, a space where imagination and... -
Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film, Updated Edition Tony Williams 9781628461909
RRP: $231.08SciFier: $217.28Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film traces the origins of the 1970s family horror subgenre to certain aspects of American culture and classical Hollywood cinema. Far from... -
Cristi Puiu Monica Filimon 9780252040764
RRP: $192.92SciFier: $153.17Cristi Puiu's black comedy The Death of Mr. Lazarescu announced the arrival of the New Romanian Cinema as a force on the film world stage. As critics and festival audiences embraced the new movement,... -
Videogames James Newman (Bath Spa University, UK) 9780415669160
SciFier: $90.86In the few decades since they first blipped their way onto television screens, videogames have become one of the most culturally, socially and economically significant media forms. Newman's volume... -
Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film, Updated Edition Tony Williams 9781628461077
RRP: $90.10SciFier: $54.44Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film traces the origins of the 1970s family horror subgenre to certain aspects of American culture and classical Hollywood cinema. Far from... -
Textiles in Ancient Mediterranean Iconography Susanna Harris 9781789257212
SciFier: $130.70This volume provides an ambitious synopsis of the complex, colourful world of textiles in ancient Mediterranean iconography. A wealth of information on ancient textiles is available from depictions... -
Cristi Puiu Monica Filimon 9780252082276
RRP: $36.02SciFier: $31.33Cristi Puiu's black comedy The Death of Mr. Lazarescu announced the arrival of the New Romanian Cinema as a force on the film world stage. As critics and festival audiences embraced the new movement,... -
Inside Subculture: The Postmodern Meaning of Style David Muggleton 9781859733479
RRP: $212.00SciFier: $204.98What motivates people to dress in a manner that marks them out as different to the conventional norm? Is it true that, with dress, 'anything goes' in our mix-and-match postmodern culture? Have easily... -
Aerosol Kingdom by Ivor L Miller
RRP: $95.29SciFier: $65.06Hailed as the seminal study of spray can art of the 1970s and 1980s, Aerosol Kingdom explores the origins and aesthetics of graffiti writings. From a vast array of inherited traditions and gritty... -
Japanese Fashion: A Cultural History Toby Slade 9781847882523
SciFier: $74.18Japanese Fashion examines the entire sweep of Japanese clothing history, from the sophisticated fashion systems of late-Edo period kimonos to the present day, providing possible theories of how Japan... -
The Global Film Book Roy Stafford 9780415688970
SciFier: $154.19The Global Film Book is an accessible and entertaining exploration of the development of film as global industry and art form, written especially for students and introducing readers to the rich and... -
The Chrysalids John Wyndham 9781473212688
GatewayRRP: $27.54SciFier: $19.53David's father doesn't approve of Angus Morton's unusually large horses, calling them blasphemies against nature. And blasphemies, as everyone knows, should be burned: KEEP PURE THE STOCK OF THE... -
Cinema as Weather: Stylistic Screens and Atmospheric Change Kristi McKim 9781138922181
SciFier: $98.22How do cinematic portrayals of the weather reflect and affect our experience of the world? While weatherly predictability and surprise can impact our daily experience, the history of cinema attests... -
Time/Life Catherine Mayer 9781804471418
RRP: $21.20SciFier: $16.90Onstage at a Las Vegas convention, Elo O hAllmhurain, a world-famous tech magnate, demonstrates a time machine, catapulting himself and journalist Dory Silver into the distant future. Stranded and... -
Lucrecia Martel Gerd Gemunden 9780252042836
RRP: $192.92SciFier: $153.17Films like Zama and The Headless Woman have made Lucrecia Martel a fixture on festival marquees and critic's best lists. Though often allied with mainstream figures and genre frameworks, Martel works... -
Undying Tales by Stephanie Law (Artist)
SciFier: $57.64Traverse the world through mythology and illustration and be inspired to think of and act for the endangered creatures that still share this planet with us. While the tales will live on in our... -
Time/Life: Limited Hardback Edition Catherine Mayer 9781804471555
RRP: $53.00SciFier: $46.58Onstage at a Las Vegas convention, Elo O hAllmhurain, a world-famous tech magnate, demonstrates a time machine, catapulting himself and journalist Dory Silver into the distant future. Stranded... -
The Modern Venus: Dress, Underwear and Accessories in the late 18th-Century Atlantic World Elisabeth Gernerd 9781350293380
RRP: $243.80SciFier: $218.78From rumps and stays to muffs and handkerchiefs, underwear and accessories were critical components of the 18th-century woman's wardrobe. They not only created her shape, but expressed her character,... -
Lucrecia Martel Gerd Gemunden 9780252084669
RRP: $36.02SciFier: $31.33Films like Zama and The Headless Woman have made Lucrecia Martel a fixture on festival marquees and critic's best lists. Though often allied with mainstream figures and genre frameworks, Martel works... -
A Book, Untitled by Shushan Avagyan
RRP: $27.54SciFier: $19.53What is history, undocumented? How do we archive censored lives? A poetic reflection on authorship and erasure, *A Book, Untitled* is an intimate and innovative approach to autofiction and the act of... -
Art Against Authoritarianism in Southwest Asia and North Africa Tijen Tunali 9780755650699
SciFier: $65.70Over the past decade, there has been a burgeoning interest in the realm of art activism within the Southwest Asia and North Africa region, shedding light on the political implications of aesthetic... -
The Modern Venus: Dress, Underwear and Accessories in the late 18th-Century Atlantic World Elisabeth Gernerd 9781350293373
RRP: $61.46SciFier: $59.89From rumps and stays to muffs and handkerchiefs, underwear and accessories were critical components of the 18th-century woman's wardrobe. They not only created her shape, but expressed her character,... -
Street to Studio Rafael Schacter 9781848222366
RRP: $105.98SciFier: $96.31For fifty years, graffiti and street art have been challenging conventions and stimulating debate around our perceptions of what constitutes art. As the genre enters its sixth decade, this... -
Cellophane Bricks: A Life in Visual Culture Jonathan Lethem 9798988670001
RRP: $53.00SciFier: $38.08Many know Jonathan Lethem as one of our most celebrated and eclectic writers, whose iconic novels-Motherless Brooklyn, The Fortress of Solitude, Chronic City, among many others-play with genres and... -
Multi-media: Video - Installation - Performance Nick Kaye 9780415283816
SciFier: $92.35Multi-media charts the development of multi-media video, installation and performance in a unique dialogue between theoretical analysis and specially commissioned documentations by some of the...