Jean Baudrillard, Art and Artefact - Tapa dura

Here for the first time, through a number of highly accessible interviews and recent essays, Baudrillard introduces what he calls the `stunning clarity' of the photographic, and fascinatingly outlines his present thoughts on urban reality, aesthetics, virtual reality and new media technologies, in the light of his practice as a photographer.

The book is illustrated with eight colour plates of Baudrillard's photographs and includes a number of provocative and illuminating responses to his recent writings from noted Baudrillard scholars. It also includes a definitive bibliography of critical responses to Baudrillard's writings on media culture, art and photography.

CONTRIBUTORS

Rex Butler University of Queensland

Alan Cholodenko University of Toronto

Graham Coulter-Smith Griffith University

Gary Genosko Toronto

Paul Patton University of Sydney

Richard G Smith University of Bristol

Anne-Marie Willis University of New South Wales