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Mind the Screen pays tribute to Thomas Elsaesser, a pioneering and leading scholar in the field of film and media studies. The contributions present a close-up of media concepts developed by Elsaesser, providing a mirror for all types of audiovisual screens, from archaeological pre-cinematic screens to the silver screen, from the TV set to the video installation and the digital e-screen, and from the city screen to the mobile phone display. The book is divided into three 'Acts': Melodrama, Memory, Mind Game; Europe-Hollywood-Europe; and Archaeology, Avant-Garde, Archive. - Mind the Screen is een hommage aan Thomas Elsaesser, pionier en toonaangevend wetenschapper in film- en mediastudies. De bijdragen bestrijken een groot media gebied, variërend van melodrama, gemediatiseerde herinneringen, de "mind-game film"en Europese cinema tot avant garde kunst, media archeologie en het audiovisuele archief. Via de concepten ontwikkeld door Elsaesser presenteert dit boek reflecties op alle soorten beeldschermen, van het pre-cinematische scherm tot het zilveren doek, van de televisiebuis tot de video installatie en digitale schermen, en van het billboard scherm tot het telefoon display. Het boek bevat kritische reflecties op de grote en kleine, oude en nieuwe beeldschermen die de hedendaagse beeldcultuur bepalen via het toonaangevende werk van film- en mediawetenschapper Thomas Elsaesser.

This book introduces an archaeological approach to the study of media - one that sifts through the evidence to learn how media were written about, used, designed, preserved, and sometimes discarded. Edited by Erkki Huhtamo and Jussi Parikka, with contributions from internationally prominent scholars from Europe, North America, and Japan, the essays help us understand how the media that predate today's interactive, digital forms were in their time contested, adopted and embedded in the everyday. Providing a broad overview of the many historical and theoretical facets of Media Archaeology as an emerging field, the book encourages discussion by presenting a full range of different voices. By revisiting 'old' or even 'dead' media, it provides a richer horizon for understanding 'new' media in their complex and often contradictory roles in contemporary society and culture