Archivist Rick Prelinger writes, “It’s been a long wait, but Inside the Machine, my spouse Megan’s visual history of electronics, technology and art is finally out and propagating throughout the world, and we’re having a release party in San Francisco at the McRoskey Mattress Factory on Monday, August 24!”
“Please come if you can, and check Megan’s website for upcoming appearances in your town.”
In the early twentieth century, engineers learned to harness the flow of a powerful, invisible force: electrons. The technological revolution that began with this discovery would change human lives forever. Yet the enormous electronic infrastructures and networks that shape our world today remain hidden from our sight. In INSIDE THE MACHINE: Art and Invention in the Electronic Age, cultural historian Megan Prelinger guides readers through the history of electronics to show how a generation of commercial and fine artists rendered the most intangible and complex innovations of the twentieth century, irrevocably shaping our collective dreams of the digital. A full-color, large-format exploration of the electronic age, INSIDE THE MACHINE brings together the history of technology in America with over 150 images from magazines, industry pamphlets, and out-of-print books to showcase the powerful graphic and artistic representations of this burgeoning field…!
A dazzling exploration of the history of electronics as well as the men and women who shaped our dreams of the digital, INSIDE THE MACHINE reveals how art and technology worked hand in hand to create bold visions for a future world.
Inside the Machine: Art and Invention in the Electronic Age [Megan Prelinger/WW Norton]
Inside the Machine: Art and Invention in the Electronic Age [Megan Prelinger.com]
(Thanks, Rick!)