Strangest Thing: An Introduction to Electronic Art through the Teachings of Jacques Lacan

Professor David Schwartz has signed a contract with Routledge, UK to publish his next book: Strangest Thing: An Introduction to Electronic Art through the Teachings of Jacques Lacan. The book explores a wide range of electronic art through the writings of Jacques Lacan. There are four chapters: 1) bodies, 2) voices, 3) eyes, and 4) signifiers. The art works include videos, 3D animations,  installations, screen-based applications, ubiquitous / physical computing, and  sound art. The psychoanalytic references are from Lacan’s seminars and collected writings, in addition to works of other psychoanalysts / writers.