Arnauld Pierre. Magic moiré, Gerald Oster and the art of moiré.
Macula| N° d'inventaire | 26201 |
| Format | 16 x 24 |
| Détails | 224 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782865891443 |
Here is a book of a little-used genre, that of the monographic essay applied to a particular family of abstract forms: moiré patterns.
The latter enjoyed considerable popularity during the 1960s in the context of optical and kinetic art. They are also found in the beginnings of computer art and in the productions of the psychedelic counterculture. Arnauld Pierre's essay examines the different manifestations of the phenomenon and traces the process that saw moiré patterns move from a scholarly scientific and artistic culture to its forms of appropriation by popular culture. He rediscovers the role played in this regard by a somewhat eccentric artist-scientist figure, that of Gerald Oster, self-proclaimed "father of moiré," who achieved a fame as sudden as it was ephemeral.
Through his investigation at the intersection of art history and the cultural history of the gaze, Arnauld Pierre will satisfy, with this richly illustrated work, all readers who are fascinated by the visual universe in general and who are particularly delighted by some of its most extravagant manifestations. Those that the moiré patterns will have carried very high.
Here is a book of a little-used genre, that of the monographic essay applied to a particular family of abstract forms: moiré patterns.
The latter enjoyed considerable popularity during the 1960s in the context of optical and kinetic art. They are also found in the beginnings of computer art and in the productions of the psychedelic counterculture. Arnauld Pierre's essay examines the different manifestations of the phenomenon and traces the process that saw moiré patterns move from a scholarly scientific and artistic culture to its forms of appropriation by popular culture. He rediscovers the role played in this regard by a somewhat eccentric artist-scientist figure, that of Gerald Oster, self-proclaimed "father of moiré," who achieved a fame as sudden as it was ephemeral.
Through his investigation at the intersection of art history and the cultural history of the gaze, Arnauld Pierre will satisfy, with this richly illustrated work, all readers who are fascinated by the visual universe in general and who are particularly delighted by some of its most extravagant manifestations. Those that the moiré patterns will have carried very high.