{"product_id":"technocrats-of-the-imagination-art-technology-and-the-military-industrial-avant-garde-paperback","title":"Technocrats of the Imagination: Art, Technology, and the Military-Industrial Avant-Garde - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Beck\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRyan Bishop\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTechnocrats of the Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e John Beck and Ryan Bishop explore the collaborations between the American avant-garde art world and the military-industrial complex during the 1960s, in which artists worked with scientists and engineers in universities, private labs, and museums. For artists, designers, and educators working with the likes of Bell Labs, the RAND Corporation, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, experiments in art and technology presaged not only a new aesthetic but a new utopian social order based on collective experimentation. In examining these projects' promises and pitfalls and how they have inspired a new generation of collaborative labs populated by artists, engineers, and scientists, Beck and Bishop reveal the connections between the contemporary art world and the militarized lab model of research that has dominated the sciences since the 1950s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Beck is Professor of Modern Literature at the University of Westminster and author of \u003ci\u003eDirty Wars: Landscape, Power, and Waste in Western American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ryan Bishop is Professor of Global Arts and Politics at the University of Southampton and author of \u003ci\u003eComedy and Cultural Critique in American Film\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 13, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457614397693,"sku":"9781478006602","price":58.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/Y3Y0WnNET2NKZ1JKNHBhRCtrcEFuZz09.webp?v=1777242436","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/technocrats-of-the-imagination-art-technology-and-the-military-industrial-avant-garde-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}