This 60-page, full-color graphic book contains 108 thematic riffs on 108 robot movies (from 1927's Metropolis to 2015's I, Robot 2), accompanied by photographs of 47 little homemade robots, with flowers. Words, robots, photos, and design by David Barringer, who teaches at Winthrop University and MICA. Barringer runs a seminar in which students produce their own illustrated Shock Books. The theme for 2011 was Beauty Shock. The book includes an essay about our relationship to robots, as expressed in movies, and an essay that explains the Shock Book seminar. Find more info and photos on the davidbarringer.com website.
Details
- Publication Date
- Oct 26, 2011
- Language
- English
- Category
- Art & Photography
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): David Barringer
Specifications
- Pages
- 60
- Binding
- Perfect Bound
- Interior Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Small Square (7.5 x 7.5 in / 190 x 190 mm)