I am a Bullet: Scenes from an Accelerating Culture - Hardcover

Kuipers, Dean

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0609604090 ISBN 13: 9780609604090

Publisher: Crown Publications, 2000

Synopsis

Part artwork, part media mix, part cultural critique, this book combined journalistic text, scintillating photography, and kinetic graphics to convey the essence of acceleration: the prime physical, technological, and spiritual engine of our time--a concept that thrills, terrifies, and defines us. 280 color photos.

About this title

About the Author

Writer DEAN KUIPERS and photographer DOUG AITKEN created <b>I Am A Bullet</b> as a collaboration in pursuit of a new cultural critique. Kuipers is the author of <b>Raygun Out Of Control</b> and his work has appeared in <i>Rolling Stone</i>, <i>Spin</i>, and <i>Playboy</i>. Aitken works in contemporary art, film, photography, and sound and is exhibited across the globe. He has been featured in the <i>New Yorker</i> and the <i>New York Times</i> and is the winner of numerous awards, including the Primo Internazionale prize at the 1999 Venice Biennale.

From the Back Cover

I Am A Bullet is about people transformed by an accelerating world. These stunning essays combine on-site research and penetrating images as they investigate unique individuals in raw and open engagement with speed. From the literal velocity of breaking the sound barrier in a car to the consumerist purity of Tokyo youth to the violence of Native American gangs, this book delivers an essential understanding of how the speed of change is shaping your life right now--and tomorrow.

From the Inside Flap

Bullet</b> is about people transformed by an accelerating world. These stunning essays combine on-site research and penetrating images as they investigate unique individuals in raw and open engagement with speed. From the literal velocity of breaking the sound barrier in a car to the consumerist purity of Tokyo youth to the violence of Native American gangs, this book delivers an essential understanding of how the speed of change is shaping your life right now--and tomorrow.

Edition details

• Publisher: Crown Publications
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0609604090
• ISBN 13: 9780609604090
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 196