Shock Factory - The Visual Culture of Industrial Music

This book aims to introduce the visual and aesthetic elements of industrial culture to a general history of contemporary art by analysing the different approaches taken and topics addressed by the primary protagonists of the movement. 636 halftones

About the author

Nicolas Ballet is an art historian and assistant curator at the Centre Pompidou in the New Media Department. He is the author of books and articles exploring the visual and sonic contributions of countercultures and experimental artistic practices.

Summary

This book aims to introduce the visual and aesthetic elements of industrial culture to a general history of contemporary art by analysing the different approaches taken and topics addressed by the primary protagonists of the movement. 636 halftones

Product details

• Authors: Nicolas Ballet
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.05.2025
• EAN: 9781835950753
• ISBN: 978-1-83595-075-3
• Illustrations: 636 figures, Raster, farbig
• Series: Global Punk
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Performing Arts, ART / Film & Video, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), ART / Mixed Media, ART / Performance, Drawing & drawings, Prints & printmaking, 20th Century & Contemporary Classical Music, Drawing and drawings, Prints and printmaking