Holy Fire. Art of the Digital Age

Produced as a catalogue for the exhibition Holy Fire Art of the Digital Age (2008) this book is more than a simple catalogue. Along with the works of the 27 artists in the exhibition it features the editors' essays along with a collective interview involving some of the most important representatives of the new media art world. Holy Fire is not a book on new media art but an exploration of the contemporary art of the digital age and a pamphlet against the new media art paradigm and the self-isolation in which these practices evolved in the last sixty years. In the words of Régine Debatty: Forget the new drop the media enjoy art. With contributions by: Inke Arns & Jacob Lillemose Alexei Shulgin Vuk Cosic Régine Debatty Steve Dietz Olia Lialina & Dragan Espenschied Patrick Lichty Vicente Matallana Eva & Franco Mattes Christiane Paul Magdalena Sawon & Tamas Banovich Paul Slocum Bruce Sterling Michele Thursz Mark Tribe UBERMORGEN.COM Karen A. Verschooren and many others.