Pedal Culture (eBook)

Guitar Effects Pedals as Cultural Artifacts

Ronald Light (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
128 Seiten
Backbeat (Verlag)
978-1-4930-6080-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Pedal Culture is a themed exploration of guitar effects pedals as cultural artifacts, derived from a 2017 design exhibition at San Francisco State University curated by the author. An anthropological quest, understanding how effects stompboxes allow for quasi-supernatural power transference from on high to guitarists is just one of the many themes Ronald Light explores. Exhibits showcase symbolic associations in the branding of sonic effects with cultural touchstones from popular arts and culture: material manifestations of noir literature, retro-futuristic cinema, and Japanese anime; graphic metaphors for female pudenda; explicit reference to murder and mayhem; and all too obvious associations to guacamole and chips. The curatorial tone of Pedal Culture employs an irreverent sensibility expressed in a whimsical and ironic attitude toward its subject. In the expansive (and expensive) world of guitar gear, this richly photographed volume fuses form, content, and aesthetics. This is Pedal Culture!

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.12.2021
• Mitarbeit: Designer: Megan Pai
• Zusatzinfo: 100 Illustrations including: - 100 Halftones, Color including Color Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenunterrricht
• Schlagworte: design culture • design exhibition • design process • DESIGNSPACE • Electric Guitar • electronic effects • Gallery Exhibition • guitar amplifier • Guitar effects pedals • Guitar gear • guitar history • music effects • music instruments • music product design • pedal board • popular culture • praise and worship music • Rock and Roll • rock gods • stompboxes • university exhibition
• ISBN-10: 1-4930-6080-5 / 1493060805
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4930-6080-1 / 9781493060801