Fractals suggest recursivity, infinity, and the repetition of a principle of order. They are digital pictures of the universe's continuous movement ignored by mankind during millennia. This book investigates the relationship between geometries and technology and how it guides cognitive processes and therefore the organization of narrative spaces. German A. Duarte proposes a new approach to the study of media, arguing that from Bacon's camera obscura to von Neumann's computers, both geometries and technology strongly influenced the organization of narrative spaces, which acquired a fractal...

From Avatar to danced versions of Romeo and Juliet, from Bollywood films to Star Wars Uncut This book investigates film remakes as well as forms of remaking in other media, such as ballet and internet fan art. The case studies introduce readers to a variety of texts and remaking practices from different cultural spheres. The essays also discuss forms of remaking in relation to neighbouring phenomena like the sequel, prequel and (re-)adaptation. Remakes and Remaking thus provides a necessary and topical addition to the recent conceptual scholarship on...

Video is a part of everyday life, comparable to driving a car or taking a shower. It is nearly omnipresent, available on demand and attached to nearby anything, anywhere. Online Video became something vital and independent. With all the video created by the cameras around us, constantly uploading, sharing, linking, and relating, a blue ocean is covering our planet, an ocean of video. What might look as bluish noise and dust from the far outside, might embed beautiful and fascinating living scapes of moving images, objects constantly changing, re-arranging, assembling, evolving, collapsing,...