{"product_id":"shock-factory-nicolas-ballet-9781835950753","title":"Shock Factory: The Visual Culture of Industrial Music","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn exploration of the multidisciplinary creative culture encapsulated by the term industrial art, which spans musical, visual, multimedia, and performance arts.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Industrial music appeared in the mid-1970s, and far from being a simple sound experimentation phenomenon, it quickly spawned a coherent visual culture operating at the intersection of a multitude of media (collage, mail art, installation, film, performance, sound, and video), and initiated a close inspection of the legacy of modernity and the growing pervasive influence of technology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Deriving their sources from the modernist utopias of the first part of the twentieth century, the sound experiments conducted by industrial bands, including designing synthesizers and transforming recorded sounds from audio tapes either recycled or laid down by the artists, were backed up by a rich array of radical visual productions. Such saturated sounds were translated into abrasive images, manipulated through the d?tournement of reprographic techniques (Xerox art), that investigated polemical themes: mind control, criminality, occultism, pornography, psychiatry, and totalitarianism, among others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book aims to introduce the visual and aesthetic elements of industrial culture to a general history of contemporary art by analyzing the different approaches taken and topics addressed by the movement and the artists who perceptively anticipated the current discourse concerning the media and its collective coercive power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicolas Ballet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1835950752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781835950753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Intellect (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Nicolas Ballet","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46526442537215,"sku":"9781835950753","price":149.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0f06378a-20e1-4fe9-8069-ac274b0b4fe4.jpg?v=1737556197","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shock-factory-nicolas-ballet-9781835950753","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}