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Pedal culture : guitar effects pedals as cultural artifacts
- Title
- Pedal culture : guitar effects pedals as cultural artifacts / Ronald Light, Megan Pai, Jeff Spirer.
- Author
- Light, Ronald
- Publication
- Guilford, Connecticut : Backbeat Books, [2022]
- ©2022
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- Description
- xv, 111 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 27 cm
- Summary
- "The catalog of the 2017 exhibition "PedalCulture : The Guitar Effects Pedal as Cultural Artifact" illustrates the cultural significance and visual design semiotics of contemporary guitar effects pedals. The text shows the pedals' application as objects of power transference from on high and explores their symbolic associations with select objects, ideas, and texts from popular arts and culture"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Pictorial works.
- Note
- "The exhibition PedalCulture: The Guitar Effects Pedal as Cultural Artifact was organized and guest curated by Ronald Light in association with DESIGNSPACE, School of Design, San Francisco State University"--Title page verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Surf 'n' Turf -- Artisanal Pedal Creations -- Pedaling Popular Culture -- Holy Wahcamoly -- Rock It 8/8 -- Mosrite Fuzzrite -- Heavenly Pedals -- Effects History -- Hall of Fame 2 -- Tell Me a Story -- A Pedal for Your Thoughts -- Fuzzy Muff Petting Zoo -- Tones of the Gods -- Curator's Documentation.
- Call Number
- JMF 22-14
- ISBN
- 9781493060795
- 1493060791
- LCCN
- 2021044589
- OCLC
- 1228317118
- Author
- Light, Ronald, author.
- Title
- Pedal culture : guitar effects pedals as cultural artifacts / Ronald Light, Megan Pai, Jeff Spirer.
- Publisher
- Guilford, Connecticut : Backbeat Books, [2022]
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- Added Author
- Pai, Megan, illustrator.Spirer, Jeff, photographer.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Light, Ron, 1948- Pedal culture Guilford, Connecticut : Backbeat Books, 2021 9781493060801 (DLC) 2021044590
- Research Call Number
- JMF 22-14