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The Spatial Poetics of Computer Games and the Mapping of Australian Space

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Smith, Russell

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Draws on Gaston Bachelard's landmark 1958 work, The Poetics of Space, to explore the concept of creative-space making within an Australian context. The collection reflects the dialogue and response of artists, performers and cultural theorists. These 20 essays explore multidisciplinary notions of space by analysing dance, displacement and migration, artistic space in the bush, the connection between virtual and hyper-real space from video games to detention centres, indigenous ideas of space...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorSmith, Russell
dc.contributor.editorJennifer Rutherford
dc.contributor.editorBarbara Holloway
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T22:24:50Z
dc.identifier.isbn9780980296464
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/53239
dc.description.abstractDraws on Gaston Bachelard's landmark 1958 work, The Poetics of Space, to explore the concept of creative-space making within an Australian context. The collection reflects the dialogue and response of artists, performers and cultural theorists. These 20 essays explore multidisciplinary notions of space by analysing dance, displacement and migration, artistic space in the bush, the connection between virtual and hyper-real space from video games to detention centres, indigenous ideas of space and the architectural and sociological contrasts of urban and suburban space.
dc.publisherUniversity of Western Australia Publishing
dc.relation.ispartofHalfway House: The Poetics of Australian Spaces
dc.relation.isversionof1st Edition
dc.titleThe Spatial Poetics of Computer Games and the Mapping of Australian Space
dc.typeBook chapter
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
dc.date.issued2010
local.identifier.absfor190599 - Visual Arts and Crafts not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9313329xPUB268
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationSmith, Russell, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage345
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage365
local.identifier.absseo950104 - The Creative Arts (incl. Graphics and Craft)
dc.date.updated2020-12-27T07:43:32Z
local.bibliographicCitation.placeofpublicationCrawley, Western Australia
CollectionsANU Research Publications

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