Crash: Nostalgia for the Absence of Cyberspace

by Robert Reynolds (Editor), Thomas Zummer

CRASH: Nostalgia for the Absence of Cyberspace, an exhibit curated by Thomas Zummer in 1994, broke new grounds in the possibilities of digital exhibitions. The show was curated in collaboration with Robert Reynolds. The show dedicated a large portion of its space to the exhibition of digital and online works, and using works as and in other forms of transmission. The show has a book edited by Thomas Zummer and Robert Reynolds that was published by Thread Waxing Space.

163 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1994

About the author

Robert Reynolds

Reviews

[Nate D · Rating 4 out of 5]

Presumably this has mundane origins as an exhibition catalog or some such, but the ambiguity on first encounter, combined with the web of interconnected prose materials from Guy Debord to Sam Lipsyte mixing with early-digital-era visual/conceptual projects makes this oddly fascinating. This seems oddly hyperlinked to other areas of my life immediately -- a Paul Virilio quote contained within (in addition to his essay) immediately cropped up in a lecture on burglary and architecture, Leslie Thornton's video works appeared through work a few days later, and I was happy to revisit Debord's Refutation here in script form, after seeing it at Film Comments Selects a few years ago. All internally connected through the web of meanings provided by the burgeoning of our now deeply surrounding age of interconnectivity, often with unexpected socio-political resonance here. Thanks to the awkwardly named but often full-of-wonders Here's a Bookstore, where I grabbed this off the shelf almost entirely at random. I wonder if there are any other really essential exhibition catalogs like this, that extend there form so far? If so, please recommend.