Leon Gurevitch
Biographic Data
| ID | 938990 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leon Gurevitch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leon |
| FAMILY NAME | Gurevitch |
| SIGNATURE | GUREVITCH L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Victoria University of Wellington |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8124-5856 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The spectacle of competence
This discussion piece examines the role that New Zealand played in the global media narrative about Covid-19 responses. The New Zealand Government’s response in general, and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s leadership in particular, came to stand as an example of functional governance to a world experiencing the accelerating fragmentation of Western neo-liberal geo-political economy. The ‘spectacle of competence’ that has characterized Ardern’s le…
The Digital Globe and New Mediations of the Environment
From Edison to Pixar
This article argues that Pixar's computer generated (CG) animated features of the past 15 years sit at a crossroads in both the conceptualization of viewers and their socialization to the contemporary digital screen. Embedded within a new aesthetic visual form, almost all of Pixar's movies feature, and talk back to, the emergence of the mythical astonished cinema spectator. At the same time, Pixar's features question the future of digital spectac…
The Digital Globe as Climatic Coming Attraction
This article considers the politics of representation inherent in the emergence of the digital globe. It begins with a consideration of early Renaissance globes as separate and distinct cultural objects from the two-dimensional forms of cartography they followed. The article then considers the emergence of the digital globe as an object symptomatic of the multiple cultural factors that form its foundation. Crucially, beyond occidental perspective…
The Cinemas of Transactions
This article argues that the computerization of audiovisual culture has led to a “cinemas of transactions.” Asserting that computer-generated image forms now function as a single currency across multiple audiovisual economies, this article posits a new understanding of digital attractions as constituting a cinemas of transactions. Neither a singular, unitary “cinema” nor a singular “transaction,” the cinemas of transactions constitutes a complex …
From Edison to Pixar
This article argues that Pixar's computer generated (CG) animated features of the past 15 years sit at a crossroads in both the conceptualization of viewers and their socialization to the contemporary digital screen. Embedded within a new aesthetic visual form, almost all of Pixar's movies feature, and talk back to, the emergence of the mythical astonished cinema spectator. At the same time, Pixar's features question the future of digital spectac…
The Cinemas of Transactions
This article argues that the computerization of audiovisual culture has led to a “cinemas of transactions.” Asserting that computer-generated image forms now function as a single currency across multiple audiovisual economies, this article posits a new understanding of digital attractions as constituting a cinemas of transactions. Neither a singular, unitary “cinema” nor a singular “transaction,” the cinemas of transactions constitutes a complex …
The Cinemas of Transactions
This article argues that the computerization of audiovisual culture has led to a “cinemas of transactions.” Asserting that computer-generated image forms now function as a single currency across multiple audiovisual economies, this article posits a new understanding of digital attractions as constituting a cinemas of transactions. Neither a singular, unitary “cinema” nor a singular “transaction,” the cinemas of transactions constitutes a complex …
The Digital Globe as Climatic Coming Attraction
This article considers the politics of representation inherent in the emergence of the digital globe. It begins with a consideration of early Renaissance globes as separate and distinct cultural objects from the two-dimensional forms of cartography they followed. The article then considers the emergence of the digital globe as an object symptomatic of the multiple cultural factors that form its foundation. Crucially, beyond occidental perspective…
The Digital Globe and New Mediations of the Environment
From Edison to Pixar
This article argues that Pixar's computer generated (CG) animated features of the past 15 years sit at a crossroads in both the conceptualization of viewers and their socialization to the contemporary digital screen. Embedded within a new aesthetic visual form, almost all of Pixar's movies feature, and talk back to, the emergence of the mythical astonished cinema spectator. At the same time, Pixar's features question the future of digital spectac…
The spectacle of competence
This discussion piece examines the role that New Zealand played in the global media narrative about Covid-19 responses. The New Zealand Government’s response in general, and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s leadership in particular, came to stand as an example of functional governance to a world experiencing the accelerating fragmentation of Western neo-liberal geo-political economy. The ‘spectacle of competence’ that has characterized Ardern’s le…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Advertising (2 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (2 works)