New Time and Space

John Potts is Professor of Media at Macquarie University, Australia. He is the author of A History of Charisma, Radio in Australia, and Culture and Technology (with Andrew Murphie). He has also edited several other books, including The Future of Writing.

"This is an interesting and thought-provoking book. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers." (E. Kincanon, Choice, Vol. 53 (11), July, 2016) "John Potts, boldly charts human perceptions of time and space through ancient civilisation, across indigenous cultures and religious practices, to myriad present day concepts of physical and virtual space. ... His versatile, comprehensive knowledge and clear exposition of the basics of media studies works well alongside this micro-encyclopaedia of artists and space time conceptions. ... it offers a vivid glimpse into the mind of an author with an immense general knowledge and a gift for making new connections." (Prudence Gibson, Performance Paradigm, Issue 12, 2016)

• Introduction 1. A Brief History of Time and Space 2.Theorising Time and Space 3.'No One is Where They Are': Virtual Time and Space 4.Space and Displacement in Contemporary Art 5.The Big Now and the Faraway then: Present, Past and Future in Contemporary Culture 6.Public Intimacy: The Shrinking Space of Privacy 7.Photography 2.0: Photos on the Loose 8.Schizochronia: Time in Digital Sound 9.Capsules of Time and Space: Video and Performance Art