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

Abstract

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 and the architectural and sociological contrasts of urban and suburban space. Show more