Watching God in the electronic noise: Philip K. Dick, Bill Viola, and the (video) art of speculative fiction
This study represents as an attempt to make sense of a rather curious coincidence. In Philip K. Dick's novel A scanner darkly (1973-1977), a character named Tony Amsterdam experiences a mystical vision after an acid trip. God appears to him in the form of «showers of colored sparks, like when s...
Main Author: | Mattia Petricola |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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UNICApress
2018-11-01
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Series: | Between |
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Online Access: | http://ojs.unica.it/index.php/between/article/view/3364 |
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