Series Foreword xi
Preface xiii
1 An Episode of Light: Canada from 1967 to 1992 1
2 Norman McLaren and Proto-Computationality 25
3 Hunger/La Faim: When the American Computer Had an Eye, and the Canadian Computer a Hand 53
4 Calculated Motions: Gesture and Expression at the Interface 75
5 Tuning, Tundra, and Treasure: Canada's Expanded Musicality 103
6 Two Faces of Cultural Networking 131
7 Contesting a "New Art Form": Virtual Reality as Cultural Probe 159
8 Apres le Deluge: Periodizing Canada's Episode of Light 183
Appendix A: List of Interviews Conducted for This Book 195
Notes 197
Works Cited 225
Index 251

"Northern Sparks explores modern Canadian innovation in media arts and technology since 1967, focusing on the intersection of art, science, technology, and policy"--