"Multidisciplinary explorations of the antecedents to cyberculture through examinations of key historical texts, from Plato to Arthur C. Clarke.The vast social apparatus of the computer network has aligned people with technology in unprecedented ways. The intimacy of the human-computer interface has made it impossible to distinguish technology from the social and cultural business of being human. Cyberculture is the broader name given to ..."
"Multidisciplinary explorations of the antecedents to cyberculture through examinations of key historical texts, from Plato to Arthur C. Clarke.The vast social apparatus of the computer network has aligned people with technology in unprecedented ways. The intimacy of the human-computer interface has made it impossible to distinguish technology from the social and cultural business of being human. Cyberculture is the broader name given to ..."
Interzone Media Arts in Australia; New Art Series by DarrenTofts, Ashley Crawford, Crawford Tofts Hardcover, 145 Pages, Published 2005 by Craftsman House, Fishermens Bend, Vic, Australia ISBN-13: 978-0-9757303-8-6, ISBN: 0-9757303-8-X
"The author discusses how we should make sense of these practices, how we can access the work of media artists, and how it fits into the traditional art constructs."
"Argues that a new debate is emerging about values: What is the value of cultural diversity in Australia? What are the values of the arts in contemporary society and can they be gauged in terms of performance and material outcomes?"
Iconica Trans' Forms : Trasitional Forms in Digital Media Language by Innocent Troy, DarrenTofts Paperback, 2 Pages, Published 2002 ISBN-13: 978-0-7326-2207-7, ISBN: 0-7326-2207-7
"In Relive, leading historians of the media arts grapple with this dilemma: how can we speak of "new media" and at the same time write the histories of these arts? These scholars and practitioners redefine the nature of the field, focusing on the materials of history -- the materials through which the past is mediated. Drawing on the tools of media archaeology and ..."
Memory Trade A Prehistory of Cyberculture by DarrenTofts, Murray Mckeich Paperback, 132 Pages, Published 1998 by Craftsman House ISBN-13: 978-90-5704-181-5, ISBN: 90-5704-181-2
"The Notion of "culture" is changing at the speed of information itself. Computer technology is creating a new kind of public cyberculture with all its utopian and apocalyptic possibilities. But is it that new?Popular debate generally ignores cyberculture's historical context. The official history begins in the 19th century and tracks the evolution of telecommunications, the egalitarian dream of the global village, and the emergence of t ..."
Parallax Essays on Art, Culture and Technology by DarrenTofts, Fine Art Publishing Paperback, 109 Pages, Published 2000 by Craftsman House ISBN-13: 978-90-5704-007-8, ISBN: 90-5704-007-7